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Figure C‐ ‐14. Global model perfoormance<br />

staatistics<br />

for thhe<br />

CAMx CTTEX5<br />

sensitivvity<br />

tests usiing<br />

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

e puff moduule.<br />

The final panel in Fig gure C‐15 (boottom<br />

right) displays <strong>the</strong>e<br />

overall RANNK<br />

statistic. The RANK<br />

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

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

CTEX5 CAAMx<br />

configuurations<br />

withhout<br />

PiG as<br />

follows:<br />

1. CMAQ/PPM<br />

(1.92) ( (tied)<br />

2. CMAQ/BOTT<br />

(1.92) (tied) )<br />

3. TKE/PPM<br />

(1.7 73)<br />

4. TKE/BOTT<br />

(1. 71)<br />

5. AACM2/BOTT<br />

(1.50)<br />

6. AACM2/PPM<br />

( 1.48)<br />

7. OOB70/PPM<br />

(1 1.34)<br />

8. OOB70/BOTT<br />

( 1.33)<br />

As with CCTEX3,<br />

for th he CTEX5 expperiment<br />

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

CMAQ Kz aalgorithm<br />

is <strong>the</strong> best performing<br />

vertical<br />

mixing appproach<br />

in CAMx C based on both <strong>the</strong>e<br />

spatial <strong>and</strong> global statistical<br />

analysses.<br />

What diiffers<br />

in <strong>the</strong> CAAMx<br />

CTEX3 <strong>and</strong> a CTEX5 NoPiG<br />

sensitivity<br />

test perrformance<br />

iss<br />

<strong>the</strong> compossition<br />

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

RANK meetric.<br />

Spatial<br />

performannce<br />

for CTEX33<br />

was signifiicantly<br />

betteer<br />

than for CTEX5<br />

(10% ‐ 15%<br />

greater), thus FMS co ontributes leess<br />

to <strong>the</strong> RAANK<br />

statisticcal<br />

metric for<br />

CTEX5 commpared<br />

to CTTEX3.<br />

Similarly, , <strong>the</strong> PCC me etric is muchh<br />

more variaable<br />

across thhe<br />

Kz optionns<br />

with CTEXX5<br />

experimennt,<br />

with esseentially<br />

no co ontribution <strong>of</strong> PCC to <strong>the</strong><br />

RANK scorre<br />

for OB70 <strong>and</strong> ACM2 KKz<br />

options inn<br />

CTEX5. AAdditionally<br />

y, <strong>the</strong> KSP scoores<br />

comprisse<br />

a much greater<br />

portioon<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> RAANK<br />

scores foor<br />

CTEX5.<br />

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