For instance, by comparing the model results from WRF-Chem and from the NCAR LES model, Li et al. Sci. in Gasgemischen, Z. Elektrochem. with its dimensionless production term. When the emission fluxes of tracer A increase to urban values beyond 0.25 ppb m s−1 in the mflux, sflux and ssflux runs, tracer A accumulates and is in excess in most of the boundary layer. This also applies to the simulations with dx=1 km in the 1 km resolution coarse-grid models, as the model grids are slightly offset from the emission patches. NOGAPS is run operationally at Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center for the United States Military. Two chemistry cases, namely slow and fast chemistry, are considered for each of the imposed emission fluxes, with respective chemical reaction rates of 4.75×10-4 and 4.75×10-3 ppb-1s-1. To discuss the effect of the length of heterogeneity (dx) on segregation, the three solid lines in the left panel of Fig. Krol et al. 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[59] Mathematical models used to predict the long term weather of the Earth (climate models), have been developed that have a resolution today that are as coarse as the older weather prediction models. Weather Rev., 134, chosen to non-dimensionalise the equations (Fedorovich et al., 2004; Garcia and Mellado, 2014), such that the system yields a reference timescale The sensitivity to grid resolution has been tested up to the triple-velocity correlation in the transport term of the evolution equation for the turbulence kinetic energy, observing an error of less than 5 % at the surface when doubling the spatial resolution. Meteorol. Such models are often employed when modelling urban areas. However, this also means that even with the highest resolution the model errors are still noticeably significant. Donaldson and Hilst (1972) adopted the discussion in the context of atmospheric reactions. 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