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Table 5 Model configurations used in WRF/Chem PBL sensitivity simulations and the domain specifications

From: Application of the WRF/Chem v.3.6.1 on the reanalysis of criteria pollutants over Metro Manila

Shortwave radiation

Dudhia scheme

Longwave radiation

Rapid radiative transfer model

PBL process

Yonsei University Scheme/Mellor-Yamada-Janjic Scheme

Surface layer

MM5 surface layer scheme

Land-surface model

NOAH land surface model

Cumulus convection

Grell-Freitas scheme except on the fine nest

Cloud microphysics

WRF single-moment 3-class scheme

Photolysis scheme

Madronich F-TUV photolysis

Gas-phase mechanism

Regional acid deposition model version 2

Cloud chemistry

None (Innermost domain only)

Aerosol module

GoCart plus the Madronich F-TUV photolysis scheme