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ACM2 Kzz<br />

combinatio ons rank as <strong>the</strong><br />

best perfforming.<br />

Hoowever,<br />

<strong>the</strong> AACM2<br />

Kz combinations<br />

have<br />

<strong>the</strong> lowest<br />

PCC corre elation valuees<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> four<br />

Kz combinations,<br />

with values <strong>of</strong> 0. 22 <strong>and</strong> 0.300.<br />

Figure C‐ ‐8. Global model m perforrmance<br />

statistics<br />

for <strong>the</strong>e<br />

CAMx senssitivity<br />

testss<br />

without ussing<br />

<strong>the</strong> PiG ssubgrid‐scale<br />

e puff moduule<br />

for CAPTTEX<br />

Release 3.<br />

The final panel in Fig gure C‐9 (botttom<br />

right) ddisplays<br />

<strong>the</strong> overall RANK<br />

statistic. TThe<br />

RANK<br />

statistics orders <strong>the</strong> model m perfoormance<br />

<strong>of</strong> t<strong>the</strong><br />

CAMx coonfigurationss<br />

without PiGG<br />

as follows:<br />

1. TKE/PPM<br />

(1.9 97)<br />

2. CMAQ/PPM<br />

(1.91) (<br />

3. TKE/BOTT<br />

(1. 89)<br />

4. AACM2/PPM<br />

( 1.87)<br />

5. CMAQ/BOTT<br />

(1.83) (tied) )<br />

6. AACM2/BOTT<br />

(1.83) (tied)<br />

7. OOB70/PPM<br />

(1 1.67)<br />

8. OOB70/BOTT<br />

( 1.56)<br />

Based onn<br />

this analysi is, <strong>the</strong> TKE KKz<br />

coefficientts<br />

is <strong>the</strong> bestt<br />

performingg<br />

vertical difffusion<br />

approoach<br />

followed closely by CMAQ. C As noted<br />

previouusly,<br />

<strong>the</strong> verrtical<br />

diffusioon<br />

algorithmm<br />

has a greatter<br />

effect onn<br />

CAMx model<br />

performance<br />

comparred<br />

to <strong>the</strong> chhoice<br />

<strong>of</strong> horizontal<br />

advecction<br />

solverss.<br />

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