Gridded global surface ozone metrics for atmospheric chemistry model evaluation

Sofen, E. D.; Bowdalo, D.; Evans, M. J.; Apadula, F.; Bonasoni, P.; Cupeiro, M.; Ellul, R.; Galbally, I. E.; Girgzdiene, R.; Luppo, S.; Mimouni, M.; Nahas, A. C.; Saliba, M.; Tørseth, K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-41-2016

Articles | Volume 8, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-41-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-41-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 1

11 Feb 2016

| 11 Feb 2016

Gridded global surface ozone metrics for atmospheric chemistry model evaluation

E. D. Sofen, D. Bowdalo, M. J. Evans, F. Apadula, P. Bonasoni, M. Cupeiro, R. Ellul, I. E. Galbally, R. Girgzdiene, S. Luppo, M. Mimouni, A. C. Nahas, M. Saliba, and K. Tørseth

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Final revised paper (published on 11 Feb 2016)
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RC C258: 'A great contribution to atmospheric chemistry modelers', Martin Schultz, 21 Aug 2015
- AC C410: 'Response to M. G. Schultz', Eric Sofen, 22 Dec 2015
RC C320: 'Review of Sofen et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Sep 2015
- AC C418: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Eric Sofen, 22 Dec 2015

Short summary

We have brought together all publicly available surface ozone observations from online databases from 1971–2015, with 2200 sites representing regional background conditions appropriate for the evaluation of chemical transport and chemistry-climate models for projects such as the Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative. Gridded data sets of ozone metrics (mean, percentiles, MDA8, SOMO35, etc.) are available from the British Atmospheric Data Centre.