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GAW Report No. 181 Joint Report of COST Action 728 and GURME GURME and Overview of Tools and Methods for 728 Meteorological and Air Pollution Mesoscale Action Model Evaluation and User Training COST of Report For more information, please contact: World Meteorological Organization Research Department Atmospheric Research and Environment Branch 7 bis, avenue de la Paix – P.O. Box 2300 – CH 1211 Geneva 2 – Switzerland Tel.: +41 (0) 22 730 81 11 – Fax: +41 (0) 22 730 81 81 E-mail: [email protected] – Website: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/index_en.html Joint Report 181 GAW No. WMO/TD - No. 1457 © World Meteorological Organization, 2008 © COST Office, 2008, ISBN 978-1-905313-59-4 The right of publication in print, electronic and any other form and in any language is reserved by WMO. Short extracts from WMO publications may be reproduced without authorization provided that the complete source is clearly indicated. 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For further information visit: www.cost.esf.org ESF logo - ESF provides the COST Office through an EC contract EU logo - COST is supported by the EU RTD Framework Programme ESF provides the COST Office COST is supported by the EU through an EC contract RTD Framework programme Joint Report of COST Action 728 (Enhancing Mesoscale Meteorological Modelling Capabilities for Air Pollution and Dispersion Applications) and GURME (GAW Urban Research Meteorology and Environment Project) OVERVIEW OF TOOLS AND METHODS FOR METEOROLOGICAL AND AIR POLLUTION MESOSCALE MODEL EVALUATION AND USER TRAINING Editors: K. Heinke Schlünzen (Meteorological Inst., ZMAW, University of Hamburg, Germany), Ranjeet S Sokhi, University of Hertfordshire, UK Contributors: Elissavet Bossioli, Peter Builtjes, Bruce Denby, Marco Deserti, John Douros, Barbara Fay, Gertie Geertsema, Marko Kaasik, Kristina Labancz, Volker Matthias, Ana Isabel Miranda, Nicolas Moussiopoulos, Viel Ødegaard, Denise Pernigotti, Christer Persson, Roberto San Jose, K. Heinke Schlünzen, Ranjeet Sokhi, Joanna Struzewska, Alessio D'Allura, Maria Athanassiadou, A. Arvanitis, Alexander Baklanov, Sylvia Bohnenstengel, J Elissavet Bossioli, Giovanni Bonafè, Carlos Borrego, Anabela Carvalho, Ulrich Damrath, Edouard Debry, Jaime Diéguez, Sandro Finardi, Bernard Fisher, Stefano Galmarini, Hubert Glaab, Steen C. Hoe, Nutthida Kitwiroon, Liisa Jalkanen, P. Louka, Alexander Mahura, Helena Martins, D R Middleton, Millán Millán, Alexandra Monteiro, Lina Neunhäuserer, Jose Luis Palau, Ulrike Pechinger, Gorka Perez-Landa, Martin Piringer, Denise Pernigotti, Víctor Prior, Maria Tombrou, C. Simonidis, Leiv Håvard Slørdal, Ariel Stein, Jens Havskov Sørensen, Y. Yu Electronic version: November 2008 Website: www.cost728.org WMO/TD-No. 1457 November 2008 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................i 1. INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................... 1 2. COST728 MESOSCALE MODEL INVENTORY........................................................................................ 3 3. SUMMARY OF MESOSCALE MODEL APPLICATIONS .......................................................................... 7 4. DETERMINATION OF MODEL UNCERTAINTY..................................................................................... 12 4.1 Monte Carlo Meteorological and Air Quality Data Uncertainty Analysis ...................................................................12 4.2 Sensitivity Analysis....................................................................................................................................................16 4.2.1 Meteorological and Photochemical Ensemble Simulations............................................................................16 4.2.2 Input Parameters Sensitivity Analysis (Topography, Land-use).....................................................................16 4.2.3 Adjoint Modelling Approach............................................................................................................................17 4.2.4 Sensitivity of Model Results to Nesting ..........................................................................................................18 4.2.5 Sensitivity of UAP Forecasts to Meteorological Input and Resolution............................................................18 5. MODEL QUALITY INDICATORS........................................................................................................... 21 5.1 Quality Indicators for Evaluating Meteorological Parameters ...................................................................................21 5.1.1 Observation Availability ..................................................................................................................................21 5.1.2 Observation Error ...........................................................................................................................................21 5.1.3 Recommended Quality Indicators for Different Meteorological Parameters...................................................22 5.2 Quality Indicators for Air Quality Model Evaluation...................................................................................................24 5.2.1 Statistical Parameters for Concentrations ......................................................................................................24 5.2.2 EPA Quality Indicators....................................................................................................................................25 5.2.3 EU Directives Modelling Quality Objectives ...................................................................................................25 5.2.4 Application Examples .....................................................................................................................................26 6. VALIDATION DATASETS ..................................................................................................................... 29 6.1 Model Validation Datasets and Selection Criteria.....................................................................................................29