Simulation of Surface Ozone Pollution in the Central Gulf Coast Region Using WRF/Chem Model: Sensitivity to PBL and Land Surface Physics

Table 3

Statistical results for selected air quality species (O₃, NO₂) for experiments with different PBL and LSM physics.

Parameter	Experiment	SD	𝑅	BIAS	RMSE
O3 (ppbv)	YSUSOIL	10.69	0.68	−8.99	21.78
	MYJSOIL	11.45	0.68	−11.23	22.80
	ACMSOIL	12.65	0.59	−16.01	26.42
	YSUNOAH	10.30	0.66	−8.15	21.72
	MYJNOAH	11.41	0.71	−10.04	21.95
	ACMNOAH	12.67	0.54	−13.69	25.87
	YSURUC	9.64	0.66	−8.79	22.10
	MYJRUC	11.24	0.68	−10.74	22.46
	ACMRUC	13.58	0.60	−14.23	25.39
	ACMPX	11.70	0.56	−16.02	26.89
NO2 (ppbv)	YSUSOIL	2.26	0.36	−4.48	6.18
	MYJSOIL	3.46	0.40	−3.19	5.73
	ACMSOIL	4.36	0.28	−1.79	6.73
	YSUNOAH	2.45	0.43	−4.34	6.02
	MYJNOAH	3.46	0.47	−3.19	5.64
	ACMNOAH	4.19	0.32	−1.78	6.38
	YSURUC	1.78	0.41	−4.57	6.18
	MYJRUC	3.30	0.32	−3.36	5.91
	ACMRUC	3.54	0.24	−1.94	6.39
	ACMPX	4.21	0.24	−1.53	6.81