SMOKE Data
SMOKE input data consist of emissions inventories, temporal
and chemical speciation profiles, spatial surrogates, gridded
meteorology and land use data, and other ancillary files for
specifying the timing, location, and chemical nature of emissions.
SMOKE is distributed with example data for getting started
with the model. The example files distributed with SMOKE
are for demonstration purposes only, they are not meant for
real-world modeling applications.
The primary source for non-meteorology SMOKE input data is
the U.S. EPA Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emissions Factors
(CHIEF).
The U.S. EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
(OAQPS) Emissions Inventory and Analysis Group (EIAG) will
be providing the SMOKE inputs for its 2002-based modeling
platform by the end of calendar year 2006. This platform will
include not only the 2002 NEI final (version 2) for both criteria
air pollutants (CAPs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs),
but also all of the SMOKE ancillary data files created by
EPA for use in SMOKE version 2.3+. EPA will use CHIEF to provide
these data.
This 2002 modeling platform will include the following features
(although all may not be completed by the end of 2006):
- Support of modeling for criteria and all HAP pollutants
(including Hg) with the
latest toxics-enabled version of CMAQ and the CB05 chemical
mechanism.
- Use of the SPECIATE4.0 database, including newly reviewed
speciation cross-reference
and profiles. Speciation profiles for CB-IV, CB05, and SAPRC-99.
- SMOKE-ready inventory files using SMOKE's ORL format,
including day-specific
point-source fires.
- 2002 hourly CEM data for EGU sources
- Data files to support growth and controls to 2009, 2014,
and 2020
- including a new growth approach for EGU toxics based
on the IPM-
generated non-toxic emissions.
- including hour-specific "average-year" EGU
emissions based on the
latest version of the IPM model.
- All new ancillary data files to work with the 2002 NEI
final (version 2)
Meteorology data must be generated for specific SMOKE applications
using either MM5,
WRF, or a
similar model. The output data from meteorology models must
be formatted for SMOKE using a program like MCIP.
Additional useful links for SMOKE input data are provide
below.
| SMOKE Data
Type |
SMOKE Data Sources |
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| Inventories |
North America
|
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Global/Other
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| Ancillary Data |
Temporal
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| Spatial
|
| Chemical
|
| Projection
|
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