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)
provides SMOKE inputs for different rule-making modeling
platforms. These platforms
include not only the NEI 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. EPA uses CHIEF to provide
these data.
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
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| Chemical
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| Projection
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