The EMEP MSC-W chemical transport model - technical description

Simpson, D.; Benedictow, A.; Berge, H.; Bergström, R.; Emberson, L.D.; Fagerli, H.; Flechard, C.R.; Hayman, G.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3825-4156; Gauss, M.; Jonson, J.E.; Jenkin, M.E.; Nyíri, A.; Richter, C.; Semeena, V.S.; Tsyro, S.; Tuovinen, J.-P.; Valdebenito, Á.; Wind, P.. 2012 The EMEP MSC-W chemical transport model - technical description. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12 (16). 7825-7865. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-7825-2012

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Abstract/Summary

The Meteorological Synthesizing Centre-West (MSC-W) of the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) has been performing model calculations in support of the Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) for more than 30 years. The EMEP MSC-W chemical transport model is still one of the key tools within European air pollution policy assessments. Traditionally, the model has covered all of Europe with a resolution of about 50 km × 50 km, and extending vertically from ground level to the tropopause (100 hPa). The model has changed extensively over the last ten years, however, with flexible processing of chemical schemes, meteorological inputs, and with nesting capability: the code is now applied on scales ranging from local (ca. 5 km grid size) to global (with 1 degree resolution). The model is used to simulate photo-oxidants and both inorganic and organic aerosols. In 2008 the EMEP model was released for the first time as public domain code, along with all required input data for model runs for one year. The second release of the EMEP MSC-W model became available in mid 2011, and a new release is targeted for summer 2012. This publication is intended to document this third release of the EMEP MSC-W model. The model formulations are given, along with details of input data-sets which are used, and a brief background on some of the choices made in the formulation is presented. The model code itself is available at www.emep.int, along with the data required to run for a full year over Europe.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-7825-2012
Programmes:	CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Biogeochemistry
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Reynard
ISSN:	1680-7316
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
NORA Subject Terms:	Meteorology and Climatology Atmospheric Sciences
Related URLs:	Discussion paper
Date made live:	21 Jan 2013 13:45 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/21149

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