Research Article

Evaluating the Performance of a Regional-Scale Photochemical Modelling System: Part I—Ozone Predictions

Table 10

Width and shift of the Gaussian adjustment calculated over the distributions of the air-quality modelling system and bias-corrected 1 h and 8 h maximum surface ozone concentration forecast.

ParameterValuesYearMODMOD_MSMOD_RAMOD_HF

Width (2 ) ( gm−3)1 h maximum200946.0245.0848.1348.98
201043.7945.2753.9751.58
8 h maximum200940.0138.6840.1943.07
201040.1041.0545.6044.14

Shift ( gm−3)1 h maximum2009−14.68−0.520.015.31
2010−12.582.976.714.88
8 h maximum2009−11.960.270.121.77
2010−10.392.203.790.37