Status of SMOKE Catherine Seppanen Carolina Environmental Program

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Status of SMOKE Catherine Seppanen Carolina Environmental Program University of North Carolina - Chapel

Status of SMOKE Catherine Seppanen Carolina Environmental Program University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Carolina Environmental Program

History ¨ Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions (SMOKE) Modeling System ¨ Processes emissions for

History ¨ Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions (SMOKE) Modeling System ¨ Processes emissions for input into air quality models ¨ Developed at MCNC by Marc Houyoux ¨ Now under active development at CEP ¨ Funding primarily from EPA and through CMAS Carolina Environmental Program

Release Schedule ¨ SMOKE v 1. 5 released in early 2003 ¨ Several patches

Release Schedule ¨ SMOKE v 1. 5 released in early 2003 ¨ Several patches available during the summer ¨ SMOKE v 2. 0 released on Sept. 30, 2003 ¨ Planning to release SMOKE v 2. 1 in January 2004 Carolina Environmental Program

SMOKE v 2. 0 Highlights ¨ Support for all toxic source categories – SMOKE

SMOKE v 2. 0 Highlights ¨ Support for all toxic source categories – SMOKE v 1. 5 supported nonroad and onroad mobile sources – SMOKE v 2. 0 adds support for non-point and point sources – Processes additional fields from the NIF (MACT, NAICS, source type code, and emission release point type) Carolina Environmental Program

Toxics Support ¨ New inventory format (ORL) for toxics data ¨ Handles 8 -

Toxics Support ¨ New inventory format (ORL) for toxics data ¨ Handles 8 - and 10 -digit SCCs within the same source category (non-point, nonroad, and point) ¨ Revised controls to use MACT-based assignments ¨ Can assign speciation profiles by MACT and SIC Carolina Environmental Program

More on SMOKE v 2. 0 ¨ Updates to SMOKE/MOBILE 6 integration – First

More on SMOKE v 2. 0 ¨ Updates to SMOKE/MOBILE 6 integration – First released in SMOKE v 1. 5 – Travel on freeway ramps accounted for when estimating freeway emissions – New settings for treatment of freeway speeds – Support for hourly speed profiles ¨ Revised plume rise calculations ¨ Changed terminology from “ozone season” to more general “average day” Carolina Environmental Program

More on SMOKE v 2. 0 ¨ Revised and expanded user’s guide – Had

More on SMOKE v 2. 0 ¨ Revised and expanded user’s guide – Had not been updated since SMOKE v 1. 4 – More introductory and conceptual material – Better explanations of directory structure and file locations – More detailed information on “nctox” release case – Updated for new programs, environment variables, and files Carolina Environmental Program

SMOKE v 2. 0 Availability ¨ Download executables, scripts, and data through the CMAS

SMOKE v 2. 0 Availability ¨ Download executables, scripts, and data through the CMAS Model Clearinghouse http: //www. cmascenter. org/modelclear. shtml ¨ User’s guide available online at the main SMOKE website http: //www. cep. unc. edu/empd/products/smoke/ Carolina Environmental Program

Future Work ¨ Additional quality assurance updates ¨ Use humidity data from meteorology files

Future Work ¨ Additional quality assurance updates ¨ Use humidity data from meteorology files when running SMOKE/MOBILE 6 ¨ Externally accessible code archive for better community collaboration ¨ NIF-to-IDA converter Carolina Environmental Program

Problems and Questions ¨ Problems and questions can be submitted online through the CMAS

Problems and Questions ¨ Problems and questions can be submitted online through the CMAS Help Desk http: //www. cmascenter. org/help. shtml ¨ Uses the Bugzilla bug tracking system ¨ Searchable archive of current and resolved issues Carolina Environmental Program

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