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1 Preliminary Evaluation of the June 2002 Version of CMAQ Brian Eder Shaocai Yu Robin Dennis Jonathan Pleim Ken Schere Atmospheric Modeling Division* National Exposure Research Laboratory Environmental Protection Agency RTP, NC 27711 * On assignment from Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA

2  2002 “Base” Version Configuration -SAPRC99 gas-phase chemistry -BEIS 3.09 biogenic emissions -AE3 aerosol module CMAQ

3  Spatial Domain - 32 km grid resolution - 22,072 grid cells & Temporal Domain - 1- 14 July, 1999 - 1- 14 July, 1999

4 Species, Metrics and Networks O 3 Hourly, max 1-hr, max 8-hr (AIRS) SO 2 Mean weekly (CASTNet) SO 4 Mean weekly (CASTNet), Mean 24-hr (IMPROVE) NO 3 Mean weekly (CASTNet), Mean 24-hr (IMPROVE) HNO 3 Mean weekly (CASTNet) PM 2.5 Mean 24-hr (IMPROVE) OMC Mean 24-hr (IMPROVE) EC Mean 24-hr (IMPROVE) NH 4 Mean weekly (CASTNet)

5 AIRS A erometric I nformation R etrieval S ystem Hourly data for each of the 14 days 1,032 Stations 234,384 Obs O3O3O3O3

6 IMPROVE I nteragency M onitoring of PRO tected V isual E nvironments 24-hr means for:3, 7, 10, 14 July 50 Stations 200 Observations SO 4 NO 3 PM 2.5 OMCEC

7 CASTNet C lean A ir S tatus and T rends Net work Weekly means for 6 –13 July 59 Stations, 59 Observations SO 2 SO 4 HNO 3 NH 4

8 Statistics- Errors N ormalized M ean E rror R oot M ean S quare E rror M ean A bsolute G ross E rror M ean N ormalized G ross E rror

9 Statistics- Biases M ean B ias M ean N ormalized B ias M ean F ractionalized B ias N ormalized M ean B ias

10 Ozone

11 CMAQ OBS Mean 45.4 34.6 n 234,384 SD 20.2 20.1 R 0.68 CV 44.5% 58.2% MB 10.8 Max 203.2 155.0 MNB 111.0% 95 th 81.0 71.0 MFB 31.4% 75 th 57.7 47.0 MAGE 15.2 50 th 43.6 32.0 MNGE 122.4% 25 th 31.6 20.0 NME 31.4% 5 th 15.4 6.0 NMB 23.7% Min 0.0 1.0 RMSE 19.5 & Ozone - Hourly - Hourly CMAQ Performance - Biases positive and generally small - MNB, MNGE inflated due to small hourly obs. CMAQ = 22.0 + 0.68 OBS

12 CMAQ OBS Mean 67.3 58.1 n 10,149 SD 20.0 20.5 R 0.71 CV 29.7% 35.2% MB 9.2 Max 203.2 155.0 MNB 22.7% 95 th 102.7 95.0 MFB 16.4% 75 th 79.9 71.0 MAGE 14.0 50 th 65.5 56.0 MNGE 29.0% 25 th 52.6 44.0 NME 24.0% 5 th 38.7 28.0 NMB 15.8% Min 12.6 6.0 RMSE 18.0  Ozone - Max 1-hr CMAQ = 28.0 + 0.67 OBS CMAQ Performance - Biases smaller, still positive - Errors smaller - MNB, MNGE closer to other statistics

13 CMAQ OBS Mean 59.4 49.0 n 10,149 SD 17.0 17.2 R 0.72 CV 28.7% 35.1% MB 10.4 Max 168.3 116.0 MNB 29.1% 95 th 88.6 79.8 MFB 21.1% 75 th 70.8 60.0 MAGE 13.2 50 th 58.0 47.6 MNGE 33.6% 25 th 46.7 36.3 NME 26.9% 5 th 34.8 23.4 NMB 21.2% Min 6.7 4.2 RMSE 16.5  Ozone - Max 8-Hr CMAQ = 24.7 + 0.71 OBS CMAQ Performance - Biases positive, smaller than hourly, larger than max 1-hr - Errors generally smaller

14  Ozone - Hourly Observations increase from 1–9 July, then decreases from 10 -12, then increase thru 14. Simulations increase from 1–6 July, decrease on 7 and again on the 10 and 11, then increase thru 14. Daily Boxplots

15  Ozone Difference - Hourly - CMAQ - AIRS Biases are positive on all days. Largest biases occur on 5 and 6 July Smallest occur on 1, 10 and 11 July Daily Boxplots

16  Ozone - Max 1-Hr Daily Boxplots Observations increase from 1–8 July, then decreases from 10 -11, then increase thru 14. Simulations increase from 1–6 July, decrease on 7 and again on the 10 and 11, then increase thru 14.

17  Ozone Differences - Max 1-Hr - CMAQ - AIRS Biases are again positive on all days. Largest biases occur on 5 and 6 July Smallest occur on 1, 10 and 11 July Daily Boxplots

18  Ozone - Max 8-Hr Daily Boxplots

19  Ozone - Max 8-Hr - CMAQ - AIRS Daily Boxplots

20  Ozone Hourly Boxplots Diurnal pattern is well replicated by the model - morning minimum (11 - 12 GMT) - afternoon maximum (20 - 21 GMT)

21 & Ozone CMAQ - AIRS Hourly Boxplots - Biases are always positive - Biases smallest in pm when atmosphere is well mixed.

22 CMAQ OBS CMAQ = -0.07 + 1.13 OBS Mean2.181.99 n174 SD3.272.66 R0.92 CV149.8%133.8% MB0.19 Max15.6013.88 MNB32.6% 95 th 10.709.04 MFB2.1% 75 th 1.761.89 MAGE0.73 50 th 0.720.86 MNGE61.0% 25 th 0.54 NME36.8% 5 th 0.310.24 NMB9.5% Min0.190.14 RMSE1.31  SO 4 - 24-Hr mean - IMPROVE CMAQ Performance - Most simulations within 2:1 - Biases are positive and small - Errors are also small - Results better in eastern US

23 CMAQ OBS Mean4.423.85 n59 SD3.102.64 R0.88 CV70.1%68.7% MB0.57 Max9.7010.10 MNB17.8% 95 th 9.249.15 MFB3.5% 75 th 6.975.47 MAGE1.11 50 th 4.373.16 MNGE40.3% 25 th 0.871.59 NME28.8% 5 th 0.470.50 NMB15.1% Min0.410.36 RMSE1.58  SO 4 - Week mean - CASTNet CMAQ = 0.46 + 1.03 OBS CMAQ Performance - Most simulations within 2:1 - Biases still positive and small - Errors still small - Results better in eastern US

24 CMAQ OBS CMAQ = -0.02+ 0.68 OBS Mean0.170.28 n147 SD0.460.44 R0.64 CV271.5%157.9% MB-0.11 Max3.624.08 MNB-24.7% 95 th 0.890.81 MFB-108.3% 75 th 0.100.29 MAGE0.24 50 th 0.020.17 MNGE109.7% 25 th 0.00.09 NME85.4% 5 th 0.00.04 NMB-39.3% Min0.00.02 RMSE0.39 & NO 3 - 24-Hr mean - IMPROVE CMAQ Performance - Biases are negative and large - Errors are also large - Few simulations within 2:1

25 CMAQ OBS CMAQ = 0.22 + 1.88 OBS Mean3.891.95 n59 SD3.021.16 R0.72 CV77.6%59.7% MB1.94 Max13.404.79 MNB234.3% 95 th 9.313.91 MFB49.2% 75 th 5.692.81 MAGE2.13 50 th 2.921.82 MNGE247.0% 25 th 1.720.98 NME109.2% 5 th 0.370.26 NMB99.5% Min0.080.06 RMSE3.01  HNO 3 - Week mean - CASTNet CMAQ Performance - Most simulations within 2:1 - Biases positive and large - MNB, MNGE inflated due to small observed concentrations

26 CMAQ OBS CMAQ = 0.22 + 1.31 OBS Mean1.681.12 n59 SD1.200.75 R0.82 CV71.0%67.5% MB0.57 Max4.032.83 MNB114.1% 95 th 3.902.50 MFB28.7% 75 th 2.621.52 MAGE0.63 50 th 1.600.94 MNGE124.1% 25 th 0.460.40 NME56.3% 5 th 0.200.24 NMB50.9% Min0.180.05 RMSE0.91  NH 4 - Week mean - CASTNet CMAQ Performance - Almost all simulations within 2:1 - Biases are positive and large - Errors are also large

27 CMAQ OBS CMAQ = 3.70 + 0.81 OBS Mean10.127.95 n164 SD7.516.15 R0.66 CV74.2%77.3% MB2.17 Max40.7028.50 MNB68.8% 95 th 24.9021.70 MFB25.3% 75 th 12.5010.70 MAGE4.25 50 th 7.585.40 MNGE87.8% 25 th 5.173.71 NME53.5% 5 th 3.152.35 NMB27.3% Min0.450.53 RMSE6.13 & PM 2.5 - 24-Hr mean - IMPROVE CMAQ Performance - Most simulations within 2:1 - Biases are positive and large - Errors are also large

28 CMAQ OBS CMAQ = 1.97 + 0.89 OBS Mean4.813.20 n138 SD3.712.29 R0.55 CV77.0%71.5% MB1.61 Max29.1012.50 MNB112.8% 95 th 12.207.85 MFB37.1% 75 th 5.814.18 MAGE2.23 50 th 3.802.74 MNGE127.2% 25 th 2.831.66 NME97.4% 5 th 1.530.79 NMB70.3% Min0.030.15 RMSE3.49  OMC - 24-Hr mean - IMPROVE CMAQ Performance - Majority simulations within 2:1 - Biases are positive and large - Errors are also rather large`

29 CMAQ OBS CMAQ = 0.07 + 0.81 OBS Mean0.310.29 n136 SD0.340.23 R0.54 CV112.8%81.1% MB 0.02 Max2.331.56 MNB80.0% 95 th 0.960.67 MFB-7.0% 75 th 0.340.37 MAGE0.17 50 th 0.190.21 MNGE128.6% 25 th 0.120.15 NME58.6% 5 th 0.040.03 NMB-6.6% Min0.000.01 RMSE0.29 & EC - 24-Hr mean - IMPROVE CMAQ Performance - Majority simulations within 2:1 - Biases are small and mixed - Errors are large

30 CMAQ OBS CMAQ = -0.02 + 2.66 OBS Mean2.240.85 n59 SD1.890.44 R0.63 CV84.4%52.4% MB1.40 Max7.561.78 MNB152.4% 95 th 6.331.61 MFB58.5% 75 th 3.421.23 MAGE1.58 50 th 1.880.80 MNGE170.0% 25 th 0.590.52 NME185.9% 5 th 0.150.20 NMB164.7% Min0.090.11 RMSE2.15  SO 2 - Week mean - CASTNet CMAQ Performance - Biases are positive and very large - Errors are also very large

31 nrMBMNB % MFB % MAGEMNGE % NME % NMB % RMSE O 3 Hourly234,3840.6810.8111.0 31.415.2122.4 31.4 23.719.5 O 3 Max 1- hr 10,1490.71 9.2 22.7 16.414.0 29.0 24.0 15.818.0 O 3 Max 8- hr 10,1490.7210.4 29.1 21.113.2 33.6 26.9 21.216.5 CASTNet SO 4 IMPROVE 590.88 0.57 17.8 3.5 1.11 40.3 28.8 15.1 1.58 1740.92 0.19 32.6 2.1 0.73 61.0 36.8 9.5 1.31 NO 3 1470.64 -0.11 -24.7-108.3 0.24109.7 85.4-39.3 0.39 PM 2.5 1640.66 2.17 68.8 25.3 4.25 87.8 53.5 27.3 6.13 NH 4 590.82 0.57114.1 28.7 0.63 124.1 56.3 50.9 0.91 SO 2 590.63 1.40152.4 58.5 1.58170.0185.9164.7 2.15 HNO 3 590.72 1.94234.3 49.2 2.13247.0109.2 99.5 3.01 OMC 1380.55 1.61112.8 37.1 2.23127.2 97.4 70.3 3.49 EC 1360.54 0.02 80.0 -7.0 0.17128.6 58.6 - 6.6 0.29 Evaluation Summary

32 CMAQ  varies in its ability to simulated air concentrations of the nine species -correlations range from ~ 0.55 (EC, OMC) to ~ 0.90 (SO 4 ) -NME range from ~ 25% (O 3 ) to over 100% (HNO 3, SO 2 )  generally over-predicts -biases are positive (except NO 3, EC) and for some species large  performs better for O 3 and SO 4 than other species Evaluation Summary

33 Contacts: Brian K. Eder email: eder@hpcc.epa.gov

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