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Status of SMOKE. Catherine Seppanen Carolina Environmental Program University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Introduction. Processes emission inventories for input into air quality models Handles criteria, particulate, and toxic pollutants
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Status of SMOKE Catherine Seppanen Carolina Environmental Program University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Carolina Environmental Program
Introduction • Processes emission inventories for input into air quality models • Handles criteria, particulate, and toxic pollutants • Basic functions: gridding, speciation, temporal allocation, plume rise • Used for regulatory and research activities Carolina Environmental Program
Release Schedule • SMOKE v2.0 released in fall of 2003 • Major update • Toxics support for all source categories • Revised plume rise calculations • SMOKE v2.1 released on Sept. 30, 2004 • Next release sometime in 2005 Carolina Environmental Program
SMOKE v2.1 Highlights • Updates to SMOKE/MOBILE6 integration • Uses newest version MOBILE6.2.03 • Extracts humidity and barometric pressure data from gridded meteorology files • Better temporal modeling of on-road emission processes Carolina Environmental Program
SMOKE v2.1 Highlights • Updated BEIS3 model • Can use either BEIS3.09 or BEIS3.12 • Supports polar stereographic grids • Allows users to change the spheroid type • Code improvements for better system compatibility Carolina Environmental Program
More on SMOKE v2.1 • Finished conversion of SMOKE User’s Manual to DocBook format • XML-based format • Allows easy creation of HTML and PDF documents • Easier to update and maintain Carolina Environmental Program
SMOKE v2.1 Availability • Download executables, scripts, and data through the CMAS Model Clearinghouse http://www.cmascenter.org/html/models.html • User’s guide available online at the main SMOKE website http://www.cep.unc.edu/empd/products/smoke/ Carolina Environmental Program
Current Work • Updates for variable grid processing • New method for handling aircraft emissions • New QA Tool (EmisView) • Open source project, designed to work with both SMOKE and CONCEPT • http://emisview.sourceforge.net Carolina Environmental Program
Problems and Questions • Problems and questions can be submitted online through the CMAS Help Desk http://www.cmascenter.org/html/help.html • Uses the Bugzilla bug tracking system • Searchable archive of current and resolved issues Carolina Environmental Program