Paper Info
Title
A tool to evaluate air quality model performances in regulatory applications.
Abstract
This paper describes the details of the DELTA Tool and Benchmarking service for air quality models, recently developed in the framework of FAIRMODE (Forum for Air Quality Modelling in Europe). One of the main objectives of the FAIRMODE activities is the development of a procedure for the evaluation and benchmarking of air quality modelling applications for regulatory purposes. The DELTA Tool is a specific software which provides summary statistics (i.e. BIAS, RMSE, correlation coefficient) as well as scatter-plots, time series plots, Taylor, Target and other diagrams providing an overview of the quality of model results with respect to monitored data. Moreover, the benchmarking service implemented in DELTA produces summary reports containing performance indicators related to a given model application in the frame of the EU Air Quality Directive (AQD, 2008). This work describes the structure of the DELTA tool and template for reporting model performances. Some examples of application are also briefly presented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.06.005
Environmental Modelling and Software
Keywords
Field
DocType
delta tool,benchmarking service,model result,model application,regulatory application,air quality model performance,air quality modelling,eu air quality directive,fairmode activity,model performance,air quality model,air quality,performance,benchmarking
Performance indicator,Systems engineering,Computer science,Directive,Mean squared error,Operations research,Software,Air quality index,Summary statistics,Benchmarking,Management science
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
38
1364-8152
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.19
5
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Philippe Thunis1143.34
Emilia Georgieva251.53
Anna Pederzoli371.95