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- Title
The implementation of NEMS GFS Aerosol Component (NGAC) Version 2.0 for global multispecies forecasting at NOAA/NCEP: Part I Model Descriptions.
- Authors
Jun Wang; Bhattacharjee, Partha S.; Tallapragada, Vijay; Cheng-Hsuan Lu; Kondragunta, Shobha; da Silva, Arlindo; Xiaoyang Zhang; Sheng-Po Chen; Shih-Wei Wei; Darmenov, Anton S.; McQueen, Jeff; Lee, Pius; Koner, Prabhat; Harris, Andy
- Abstract
The NEMS GFS Aerosol component (NGAC) version 2.0 for global multi-species aerosol forecast has been developed at the National Centers of Environment Prediction (NCEP) in collaboration with the NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNYA). This paper describes the continuous development of the NGAC system at NCEP after the initial global dust-only forecast implementation (NGAC version 1.0). With version 2, additional sea salt, sulfate, organic carbon and black carbon aerosol species were included. The smoke emissions are from the NESDIS STAR's Global Biomass Burning Product (GBBEPx), blended from the global biomass burning emission product from a constellation of geostationary satellites (GBBEP-Geo) and GSFC's Quick Fire Emission Data Version 2 from a polar orbiting sensor (QFED2). This implementation advanced the global aerosol forecast capability and made a step forward toward developing a global aerosol data assimilation system. The aerosol products from this system have been used by many applications such as for regional air quality model lateral boundary conditions, satellite SST physical retrievals and the global solar insolation estimation. Positive impacts have been seen in these applications.
- Subjects
ATMOSPHERIC aerosols; EMISSIONS (Air pollution); GEOSTATIONARY satellites
- Publication
Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 2017, p1
- ISSN
1991-9611
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/gmd-2017-306