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Carolina Environmental Program
Status of SMOKEStatus of SMOKE
Catherine SeppanenCarolina Environmental Program
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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IntroductionIntroduction 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
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Release ScheduleRelease 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
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SMOKE v2.1 HighlightsSMOKE 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
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SMOKE v2.1 HighlightsSMOKE 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
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More on SMOKE v2.1More 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
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SMOKE v2.1 AvailabilitySMOKE 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 websitehttp://www.cep.unc.edu/empd/products/
smoke/
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Current WorkCurrent 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
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Problems and Problems and QuestionsQuestions
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