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June 9, 2019
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Sensitivity of feedback effects in CBMZ/MOSAIC chemical mechanism

Publicated to: ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT. 115 646-656 - 2015-08-01 115(), DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.04.030

Authors:

San Jose, R; Perez, J L; Balzarini, A; Baro, R; Curci, G; Forkel, R; Galmarini, S; Grell, G; Hirtl, M; Honzak, L; Im, U; Jimenez-Guerrero, P; Langer, M; Pirovano, G; Tuccella, P; Werhahn, J; Zabkar, R
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Affiliations

Ctr Excellence SPACE SI, Ljubljana, Slovenia - Author
Earth Syst Res Lab, Boulder, CO USA - Author
IES, Inst Environm & Sustainabil, JRC, EC, Ispra, Italy - Author
IMK IFU, Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany - Author
RSE, Milan, Italy - Author
Tech Univ Madrid, ESMG UPM, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Laquilla, CETEMPS, Laquilla, Italy - Author
Univ Ljubljana, Fac Math & Phys, Ljubljana, Slovenia - Author
Univ Murcia, MAR UMU, E-30001 Murcia, Spain - Author
ZAMG, Vienna, Austria - Author
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Abstract

To investigate the impact of the aerosol effects on meteorological variables and pollutant concentrations two simulations with the WRF-Chem model have been performed over Europe for year 2010. We have performed a baseline simulation without any feedback effects and a second simulation including the direct as well as the indirect aerosol effect. The paper describes the full configuration of the model, the simulation design, special impacts and evaluation. Although low aerosol particle concentrations are detected, the inclusion of the feedback effects results in an increase of solar radiation at the surface over cloudy areas (North-West, including the Atlantic) and decrease over more sunny locations (South-East). Aerosol effects produce an increase of the water vapor and decrease the planet boundary layer height over the whole domain except in the Sahara area, where the maximum particle concentrations are detected. Significant ozone concentrations are found over the Mediterranean area. Simulated feedback effects between aerosol concentrations and meteorological variables and on pollutant distributions strongly depend on the aerosol concentrations and the clouds. Further investigations are necessary with higher aerosol particle concentrations. WRF-Chem variables are evaluated using available hourly observations in terms of performance statistics. Standardized observations from the ENSEMBLE system web-interface were used. The research was developed under the second phase of Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII). WRF-Chem demonstrates its capability in capturing temporal and spatial variations of the major meteorological variables and pollutants, except the wind speed over complex terrain. The wind speed bias may affect the accuracy in the chemical predictions (NO2, SO2). The analysis of the correlations between simulated data sets and observational data sets indicates that the simulation with aerosol effects performs slightly better. These results indicate potential importance of the aerosol feedback effects and an urgent need to further improve the representations in current atmospheric models to reduce uncertainties at all scales. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Keywords

AerosolsAir-qualityAssimilationAtmospheric modelsCbmzChemistry modelsCoupled meteorologyEnsembleFeedbacksImpactRadiationResolutionSystemWrf model

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2015, it was in position 17/84, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.25, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-24, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 36
  • Scopus: 45
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-24:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 58.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 54 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/44967/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 412
  • Downloads: 731
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Austria; Belgium; Germany; Italy; Slovenia; United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (SAN JOSE GARCIA, ROBERTO) .

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Awards linked to the item

We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of various groups to the second air Quality Model Evaluation international Initiative (AQMEII) activity: TNO (anthropogenic emissions database); ECMWF/MACC project & Meteo-France/CNRM-GAME (chemical boundary conditions), FMI (fire emissions). Joint Research Center Ispra/Institute for Environment and Sustainability provided its ENSEMBLE system for model output harmonization and analyses, and evaluation. The UPM authors acknowledge the computer resources and technical assistance provided by the Centro de Supercomputacion y Visualizacion de Madrid (CeSViMa). The UPM authors thankfully acknowledge the computer resources, technical expertise and assistance provided by the Red Espanola de Supercomputacion. G. Curci and P. Tuccella were supported by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), in the frame of the PRIMES project (contract n. I/017/11/0).
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