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Verification and diagnostic activities are critical for the success of both numerical weather prediction and weather forecasting efforts at organizations around the world. There are several concerns that should be addressed before starting a model evaluation activity, including understanding the nature of observations that will be used for the evaluation. This information will determine what statistics and diagnostics may be computed to inform model development activities. Additionally, having reproducible results via a consistent framework is equally important for model developers and users alike. This presentation will identify those key questions that should be addressed and introduce several tools that can be used to in the evaluation of air quality forecast and the meteorological conditions driving them. The tools include the enhanced Model Evaluation Tools (METplus) as well as Model EvaLuation using Observations, DIagnostics and Experiments Software (MELODIES) and Model and ObservatioN Evaluation Toolkit (MONET).
