One-year simulation of ozone and particulate matter in China using WRF/CMAQ modeling system

One-year simulation of ozone and particulate matter in China using WRF/CMAQ modeling system

China has been experiencing severe air pollution in recent decades. Although an ambient air quality monitoring network for criteria pollutants has been constructed in over 100 cities since 2013 in China, the temporal and spatial characteristics of some important pollutants, such as particulate matter (PM) components, remain unknown, limiting further studies investigating potential air pollution...

One - Year Simulation of Ozone and Particulate Matter in China 1 Using WRF / CMAQ Modeling System

Interactive comment on “One-Year Simulation of Ozone and Particulate Matter in China Using WRF/CMAQ Modeling System” by Jianlin Hu et al

(1) The main objective of this study is to provide detailed temporal and spatial distribution of O3, PM2.5 and its chemical components, which supplements the current observational network in China. The key to success is to ensure that the model well reproduces the magnitude and spatiotemporal distribution of these pollutants. However, the author only compared simulated O3 and PM2.5 concentratio...

Interactive comment on “One-Year Simulation of Ozone and Particulate Matter in China Using WRF/CMAQ Modeling System” by Jianlin Hu et al

(1) The main objective of this study is to provide detailed temporal and spatial distribution of O3, PM2.5 and its chemical components, which supplements the current observational network in China. The key to success is to ensure that the model well reproduces the magnitude and spatiotemporal distribution of these pollutants. However, the author only compared simulated O3 and PM2.5 concentratio...

Interactive comment on “One-Year Simulation of Ozone and Particulate Matter in China Using WRF/CMAQ Modeling System” by Jianlin Hu et al

The authors presented their efforts in examining the spatial and temporal distributions of air pollutants over China, with a full year simulation and local observations. Although the WRF/CMAQ model has been applied in many studies over East Asia recently, this full year simulation helps to probe into the modeling discrepancy and stability. The manuscript generally introduced the performance but...