Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate -III

Project Information

MACC-III

Grant agreement ID: 633080

DOI

10.3030/633080

Project closed

EC signature date 5 August 2014

Start date 1 August 2014

End date 31 August 2015

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Space

Total cost

€ 5 000 000,00

EU contribution

€ 5 000 000,00

Coordinated by

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS
United Kingdom

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (78)

Report on the quality of the inverted CO2 fluxes
training report
Documentation of L-IFS
Report on the impact of the quality of ozone satellite data products on GRG simulations
case study analyses with non-NRT data

case study analyses with non-NRT data

Report on the evaluation of new AER capabilities
Report on temporal data coverage extension
Report on implementation of spectral UV irradiances
Report on volcanic eruption case studies
Scoring methods document update.
Documentation of C-IFS-MOZ
Report on standardization on communicating uncertainty information to users
First e-suite verification report (exact delivery month will depend on C-IFS update schedule).
User feedback summary report
Second e-suite verification report (exact delivery month will depend on C-IFS update schedule).
Report on the test user program’s activities
User queries summary report
Update of the report on pollen forecasting covering birch forecasting campaigns and on the implementation of new pollen emissions routines in ENS model and associated tests against reference (SILAM) and observations
FAQ initial test report

D65.3: Month 11: FAQ initial test report

High resolution CO tracer forecasts (summary report with technical description)
Validation report describing the comparisons with MAX-DOAS and Ceilometer data. Recommendations for the use of these datasets for routine verification/validation.
2.Validation report for the global atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service.

Validation report for the global atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service.

Outline operational procedures for the Copernicus Atmosphere Service
Document on updated QC/VAL procedures
Report on the quality of the inverted N2O fluxes
Evaluation report for the aerosol alert service.
Summary report of GRG subproject meeting

Summary report of GRG subproject meeting (Delivered daily)

Standard validation report – first issue
Verification part of model dossiers, commenting in particular skill scores by quarterly periods, including detailed assessment in the Mediterranean area

Verification part of model dossiers, commenting in particular skill scores by quarterly periods, including detailed assessment in the Mediterranean area 1: CHIMERE; 2: EMEP; 3: EURAD-IM; 4: LOTOS-EUROS; 5: MATCH; 6: MOCAGE; 7: SILAM; 8: ENSEMBLE;

MSR-2 validation report.
Summary report on SACADA performance
Documentation of C-IFS-MOCAGE
Documentation of the toolbox
User Workshop report
Update of User’s Guide
Updated annex describing the validation datasets and validation methodology (part of the validation reports).
Interim European Air quality evaluation reports 2013 (based on ENS analyses and re-simulations with interim observation data)
Product & Service Specifications Document (update)
Update of the report on the operational implementation (7 centres and central production), including analysis of opportunities for operational service certification (ISO 9001)
Report on the quality of the inverted CH4 fluxes
Report on the evaluation of spectral UV irradiances
User interface maintenance report

D63.5: Month 11: User interface maintenance report

Report on user interaction

D56.4: Month 11 – Report on user interaction

Report on fire emission case studies
Summary report on progress and issues in GRG C-IFS data assimilation

Summary report on progress and issues in GRG C-IFS data assimilation (delivered daily)

Demonstration of refined source-receptor calculations
User requirements document update
Updated documentation of C-IFS-TM5
Report on 2014 Antarctic ozone hole studies
Report on test phase operations and validation

D57.6: Month 11 – Report on test phase operations and validation

Verification report including detailed assessment in the Mediterranean area
Validation reports 2013

Validation reports 2013

Report on MACC-III data use in WMO activities

Report on MACC-III data use in WMO activities (delivered daily)

Report on European ammonia and biogenic emissions during the most recent years

Report on European ammonia and biogenic emissions during the most recent years.

Report on the quality of the analysed CH4 4D fields
Summary report on progress and issues in GRG TMDAM data assimilation

Summary report on progress and issues in GRG TMDAM data assimilation (delivered daily)

Report on the training module – including training materials
Additional validation results:

Additional validation results: MACC reanalysis and GLOMAP-IFS

Report on CALIPSO validation

Report on CALIPSO validation (Delivered Month 5)

Fourth MACC-III validation report for the global atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service.

D37.6: Month 10 (Month 2 in extension) – Fourth MACC-III validation report for the global atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service.

Project communications summary report
1. Validation report for the global atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service.

Validation report for the global atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service.

Report on validation methodology for future Copernicus EO data

Report on validation methodology for future Copernicus EO data (Delivered Month 5)

User Advisory Board report
Update of the joint scientific report on the impact of assimilation on forecasts of observed and unobserved species
Report on processing chain improvements
Demonstration of use of MACC-III products for policy applications by national authorities
Report on the impact of the quality of NO2 satellite data products on GRG simulations
Report on service chain problem investigation based on user reports
Report on possible service enhancements
3. Validation report for the global atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service.

Validation report for the global atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service.

Summary report on progress and issues in GRG SACADA data assimilation

Summary report on progress and issues in GRG SACADA data assimilation (delivered daily)

Report on the quality of the analysed CO2 4D fields
Summary report on BASCOE performance
Summary report on progress and issues in GRG BASCOE data assimilation

Summary report on progress and issues in GRG BASCOE data assimilation (delivered daily)

Report MACC-III on satellite product experiences and recommendations for future missions

Report MACC-III on satellite product experiences and recommendations for future missions (Delivered Month 5)

European validated Air quality assessment report 2013

European validated Air quality assessment report 2013

Dossier (6-monthly update) for the seven individual assimilation and forecast suites and for the ensemble

Dossier (6-monthly update) for the seven individual assimilation and forecast suites and for the ensemble 1: CHIMERE; 2: EMEP; 3: EURAD-IM; 4: LOTOS-EUROS; 5: MATCH; 6: MOCAGE; 7: SILAM; 8: ENSEMBLE

Other (70)

Policy-user workshop of MACC-III
Peer-review paper on the Emissions database

Peer-review paper on the Emissions database.

Provision of AOD and height (sea and land) from IASI including the extra-tropics, monthly 1°x1°
Overview of available Near-real-time satellite observations for global and regional analyses

Overview of available Near-real-time satellite observations for global and regional analyses. Delivered continuously (12-hourly)

AVHRR-GOME-2 AOD extended validation report
Access by MACC-III to selected

Access by MACC-III to selected ground based remote sensing data (Delivered Month 4)

TANSO CH4 columns for day D-4

TANSO CH4 columns for day D-4 (delivered daily)

Prior CO2 surface fluxes for day D-4

Prior CO2 surface fluxes for day D-4 (delivered daily)

Daily European-scale air-quality forecasts (with hourly output)

Daily European-scale air-quality forecasts (with hourly output) 1: CHIMERE; 2: EMEP; 3: EURAD-IM; 4: LOTOS-EUROS; 5: MATCH; 6: MOCAGE; 7: SILAM; 8: ENSEMBLE (delivered daily)

Daily verification against NRT surface observations

Daily verification against NRT surface observations (delivered daily)

Test and evaluation of the nitrate-extended IFS GLOMAP
NRT test suite with IFS GLOMAP-MODE model and data assimilation
Scientific papers, including analyses of major events.
NRT global analyses and forecasts of atmospheric composition

NRT global analyses and forecasts of atmospheric composition (Delivered 12-hourly)

Continued delivery of aerosol indirect forcing product

Continued delivery of aerosol indirect forcing product (months 2 & 8)

Improved numerical data service for users (data discovery service INSPIRE compliant)
Daily updated websites to present the real time verification statistics produced at ECMWF.
Test runs for 2008 for free-running and with MODIS and MODIS+AATSR
MACC boundary condition service operational (summary report of changes and improvements)

MACC boundary condition service operational (JULICH) - continued

Advanced scenario toolbox operational
NRT IAGOS observations from MACC for global and regional analyses in MACC-III

NRT IAGOS observations from MACC for global and regional analyses in MACC-III. Delivered continuously (daily).

Delayed-mode global analyses of greenhouse gases and aerosols

Delayed-mode global analyses of greenhouse gases and aerosols (delivered monthly)

Near-real-time satellite observations for global and regional analyses

Near-real-time satellite observations for global and regional analyses. Delivered constinuously (12-hourly).

Provision of NRT MSG/SEVIRI aerosol land products
Real-time GOES-based FRP service

Real-time GOES-based FRP service (delivered daily)

Daily ensemble of Potential Vorticity (PV) maps at 485K from the ensemble of NWP forecasts by ECMWF
Supplementary validation results and report on comparisons of the global and regional analyses.
Near-Real-Time tropospheric reactive gases service with C-IFS-TM5
Near-realtime stratospheric ozone service with C-IFS-TM5, BASCOE and SACADA running
TANSO CO2 columns for day D-4

TANSO CO2 columns for day D-4 (delivered daily)

4: Updated websites for detailed comparisons of the global atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service results against individual verification datasets.

Updated websites for detailed comparisons of the global atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service results against individual verification datasets.

Test of AOD assimilation scheme with GLOMAP-MODE
Daily birch pollen forecasts (seasonal, pollen season)

Daily birch pollen forecasts (seasonal, pollen season) 1: CHIMERE; 2: EMEP; 3: EURAD-IM; 4: LOTOS-EUROS; 5: MATCH; 6: MOCAGE; 7: SILAM; 8: ENSEMBLE (delivered daily - pollen season)

Links to air pollution alert systems
Assessment of satellite products for the year 2008
Surface measurements for day D-4

Surface measurements for day D-4 (delivered daily)

2 validation regionally and seasonally resolved
Daily European-scale air-quality analyses (with hourly output)

Daily European-scale air-quality analyses (with hourly output) 1: CHIMERE; 2: EMEP; 3: EURAD-IM; 4: LOTOS-EUROS; 5: MATCH; 6: MOCAGE; 7: SILAM; 8: ENSEMBLE (delivered daily)

Web-based display of ENS services

Web-based display of ENS services (delivered daily)

Continued delivery of aerosol direct forcing product

Continued delivery of aerosol direct forcing product (months 2 & 8)

Test run with SERVIRI AOD assimilation
Provision of global forecast data through FTP

Provision of global forecast data through FTP (delivered daily)

Evaluation of optimized CO emissions distributions

Evaluation of optimized CO emissions distributions.

Near-real-time in situ observations for global and regional analyses in MACC-III

Near-real-time in situ observations for global and regional analyses in MACC-III. Delivered continuously (3-hourly).

Description of AIRS/IASI retrievals extended to extra-topics
short test reanalysis using all new model and data assimilation developments
Inverted CO2 surface fluxes for the previous year
Operational AVHRR-GOME-2 METOP NRT processing
Overview of available Near-real-time IN SITU observations for global and regional analyses

Overview of available Near-Real-Time in situ observations for global and regional analyses. Delivered continuously (3-hourly).

Inverted N2O surface fluxes for year Y-2
Presentation at the annual air quality EIONET meeting
Comparison of vertical profile and surface extinction coefficient against observations
KNMI multi-sensor reanalysis version2u: 48 year ozone record
Inverted CH4 surface fluxes for months M-13 to M-7
Provision of NRT MSG/SEVIRI aerosol ocean product
IASI CH4 columns for day D-4

IASI CH4 columns for day D-4 (delivered daily)

Retrospective fire emission data
Web-based graphical display of results and supply of data products from global MACC-III production, monitoring, and validation

Web-based graphical display of results and supply of data products from global MACC-III production, monitoring, and validation (delivered daily)

Web-based monitoring and validation plots for MACC-III global services

Web-based monitoring and validation plots for MACC-III global services (delivered daily)

Prior CH4 surface fluxes for day D-4

Prior CH4 surface fluxes for day D-4 (delivered daily)

Web-based information system for MACC-III

Web-based information system for MACC-III (delivered daily)

Forecasts with the two higher resolution models on the two Mediterranean zoom domains, for complementing core service forecast evaluation

Forecasts with the two higher resolution models on the two Mediterranean zoom domains, for complementing core service forecast evaluation 1: WRF-CAMx@AUTH; 2: MOCAGE@AEMET (delivered daily)

Real-time fire emission service

Real-time fire emission service (delivered daily)

website and updates
Accessing the advance in assimilation and aerosol modelling from 20058 runs
Coordinate content of project web portal
Stratospheric ozone service web pages (summary report of changes and improvements)
Satellite observations for delayed-mode global and regional analyses of greenhouse gases and aerosols

Satellite observations for delayed-mode global and regional analyses of greenhouse gases and aerosols. Delivered continuously (monthly).

Uncertainty estimate for the dir. and indirect forcing product
Integrated tropospheric reactive gases service web pages (summary report of changes and improvements)

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Updated websites for detailed comparisons of the global atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service results against individual verification datasets.

D37.7: Month 11 – Updated websites for detailed comparisons of the global atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service results against individual verification datasets.