AQMEII phase 2: Overview and WRF-CMAQ application over North America

Abstract

In this study, we provide an overview of the second phase of the Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII). Activities in this phase are focused on the application and evaluation of coupled meteorology-chemistry models. Participating modeling systems are being applied for annual simulations over both North America and Europe using common emissions and boundary conditions. We present an overview of these common input datasets. In addition, we discuss some of the planned analysis approaches using WRF-CMAQ simulations performed over North America for both 2006 and 2010.