Sensitivity analysis of NOx emission estimates

To study the sensitivity of the DECSO algorithm to the type of model, we implemented two versions of CHIMERE, V2013 and V2006, using two emission inventories, MEIC and INTEX-B, to simulate the air quality over east China in 2010. The comparisons of model results with measurements indicate that MEIC and CHIMERE V2013 are better than INTEX-B and CHIMERE V2006. From the results of the two chemical transport models, the Root-Mean Square Error (RMSE) is analysed to give an indication of the model error in DECSO.