2011a Modeling Platform
Described in detail in the 3SAQS_2011a modeling protocol, this platform consists of data and software for simulating year 2011 air quality over a modeling domain focused on the states of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.
The table below lists the 3SAQS_2011a air quality modeling platform components, including a qualitative metric of the level of evaluation for each component.
| Source | Description | Evaluation (1=low, 10=high) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modeling Software | ||||||
| CAMx v6.10 | ENVIRON | Chemistry-transport model configured with CB6r2 photochemistry for simulating gas, aerosols, and deposition | 8 | |||
| CMAQ v5.0.2 | US EPA | Chemistry-transport model configured with CB05 photochemistry for simulating gas, aerosols, and deposition | ||||
| WRF | NOAA | Regional climate model configured for simulating meteorology over the Inter-mountain West | www.wrf-model.org | |||
| SMOKEv3.5.1 | UNC-IE | Emissions processor for preparing emissions inventory and ancillary data for input to chemistry-transport models | www.smoke-model.org | |||
| Emissions Data | ||||||
| Emissions v2011a | 3SAQS | 2011 emissions data prepared for CAMx and CMAQ with SMOKE | 7 | |||
| Meteorology Data | ||||||
| Meteorology v2011a | 3SAQS | 2011 meteorology data estimated with WRF and prepared for CAMx and CMAQ with WRFCAMx and MCIP | The version a WRF simulation is not configured for wintertime O3 | 7 | ||
| Initial and Boundary Conditions | ||||||
| MOZART ICBCs | NOAA/3SAQS | 2011 Initial/Boundary Conditions from NOAA global GEOS5 MOZART simulations; prepared for CAMx with MZ2CAMx | ||||
| Geos-Chem ICBCs | Harvard/3SAQS | 2011 Initial/Boundary Conditions from Harvard global GEOS-Chem simulations; prepared for CAMx with GEOS2CAMx | ||||
| Hybrid MZ-GC ICBCs | 3SAQS | 2011 Initial/Boundary Conditions with non-dust species from NOAA MOZART runs and dust species from Harvard GEOS-Chem runs |