Publications

Papers Describing MELODIES MONET

MONET version 1.0 (which included what is now MONETIO) development is described in the following paper:

  • Baker, B. and Pan, L.: Overview of the Model and Observation Evaluation Toolkit (MONET) Version 1.0 for Evaluating Atmospheric Transport Models, Atmosphere, 8, no. 11, 210, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos8110210, 2017.

MELODIES MONET version 1.1, MONET version 2.3, and MONETIO version 0.4 development are described in the following papers:

  • A paper describing surface and aircraft capabilities is in preparation.

  • A paper describing satellite capabilities is in preparation.

Papers Using MELODIES MONET

MELODIES MONET has been used in the following publications. Please email melodies@ucar.edu if you have used MELODIES MONET in a recent publication, so that we can update this list.

2025

  • Li, W., Tang, B., Campbell, P. C., Tang, Y., Baker, B., Moon, Z., Tong, D., Huang, J., Wang, K., Stajner, I., and Montuoro, R.: Updates and evaluation of NOAA’s online-coupled air quality model version 7 (AQMv7) within the Unified Forecast System, Geosci. Model Dev., 18, 1635–1660, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1635-2025, 2025.

  • Zhu, Q., Schwantes, R. H., Stockwell, C. E., Harkins, C., Lyu, C., Coggon, M., Yu, K. A., Warneke, C., Schnell, J., He, J., Pye, H. O. T., Li, M., Ahmadov, R., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Place, B., Wooldridge, P., Schulze, B. C., Arata, C., Bucholtz, A., Seinfeld, J. H., Xu, L., Zuraski, K, Robinson, M. A., Neuman, J. A., Gilman, J., Lamplugh, A., Veres, P. R., Peischl, J., Rollins, A., Brown, S. S., Goldstein, A. H., Cohen, R. C. and McDonald, B. C.: Incorporating Cooking Emissions To Better Simulate the Impact of Zero-Emission Vehicle Adoption on Ozone Pollution in Los Angeles, Environmental Science & Technology, 59 (11), 5672-5682, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c00902, 2025.

2024

  • He, J, Harkins, C., O’Dell, K., Li, M., Francoeur, C., Aikin, K. C., Anenberg, S., Baker, B., Brown, S. S., Coggon, M. M., Frost, G. J., Gilman, J. B., Kondragunta, S., Lamplugh, A., Lyu, C., Moon, Z., Pierce, B. R., Schwantes, R. H., Stockwell, C. E., Warneke, C., Yang, K., Nowlan, C. R., Abad, G. G., McDonald, B. C.: COVID-19 perturbation on US air quality and human health impact assessment, PNAS Nexus, Volume 3, Issue 1, pgad483, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad483, 2024.

  • Zhu, Q., Schwantes, R. H., Coggon, M., Harkins, C., Schnell, J., He, J., Pye, H. O. T., Li, M., Baker, B., Moon, Z., Ahmadov, R., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Place, B., Wooldridge, P., Schulze, B. C., Arata, C., Bucholtz, A., Seinfeld, J. H., Warneke, C., Stockwell, C. E., Xu, L., Zuraski, K., Robinson, M. A., Neuman, J. A., Veres, P. R., Peischl, J., Brown, S. S., Goldstein, A. H., Cohen, R. C., and McDonald, B. C.: A better representation of volatile organic compound chemistry in WRF-Chem and its impact on ozone over Los Angeles, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 5265–5286, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-5265-2024, 2024.