SMOKE v5.0 Public Release (June 2023)

Movesmrg Enhancements

• New feature to generate the temperature-bin-specific pregridded hourly emissions for Mrggrid to efficiently generate CMAQ-ready gridded hourly emissions
  • OUTPUT_EMIS_TABLE_YN [default: N]
    : Define whether output temperature-bin precomputed gridded hourly emissions tables or not (Not applicable for RPP mode). Find the details on how the temperature-bin-specific pregridded hourly emissions approach can work for your modeling runs [CMAQ-MetEmis Dynanic Coupler Development Document].
    : MCIP meteorology inputs are not required. CMAQ-ready gridded hourly emissions can be computed by Mrggrid using the MCIP gridded temperature at 2 meters.
  • MIN_TEMP_EMIS_TABLE [default: 0.0]
    : Define the lowest temperature for precomputed emissions table output file when OUTPUT_EMIS_TABLE_YN is set to Y.
  • MAX_TEMP_EMIS_TABLE [default: 120.0]
    : Define the highest temperature for precomputed emissions table output file when OUTPUT_EMIS_TABLE_YN is set to Y.
  • TEMP_INCREMENT_EMIS_TABLE [default: 5.0]
    : Define the temperature bin increment for precomputed emissions table output file when OUTPUT_EMIS_TABLE_YN is set to Y.
• USE_MOVES4_NOX_ADJ_EQS [default: N]
  : Use the MOVES4 NOx humidity correction equation or not

Mrggrid Enhancements

• Generate the CMAQ-ready gridded hourly emissions for MOVES onroad mobile sources except for RPP mode. This feature can be enabled when the column B in the Mrggrid FILELIST input file is defined as "METEMIS". Optionally, the column C can be enabled to apply NOx humidity correction of MOVES mobile emissions by fuel type ("GASOLINE" or "DIESEL").

Gentpro Enhancements

• Generate county-level [average|sum] meteorology inputs for the Farm Emissions Model (FEM)
  • AVG_RAW_OUTPUT_YN [default: N]
    : Define whether Gentrpo outputs average raw meteorology variables (temperature; wind speed; etc) or not
  • SUM_RAW_OUTPUT_YN [default: N]
    : Define whether Gentrpo outputs total raw meteorology variables (e.g., precipitation) or not
• New feature to generate daily and monthly temporal profiles for recreational RWC SCCs based on the weekly temporal profile
  • RECREATIONAL_RWC_TPRO_YN [default: N]
    : Define whether Gentrpo generates recreational RWC temporal profiles or not
  • LOW_RWC_TEMP_THRESHOLD [default: 50.0]
    : Define the lower-end ambient temperature threshold value that can occur recreational RWC emissions from the inventory sources (recreational wood burning; firepits, chimineas, etc.)
  • HIGH_RWC_TEMP_THRESHOLD [default: 80.0]
    : Define the higher-end ambient temperature threshold value that can occur recreational RWC emissions from the inventory sources (recreational wood burning; firepits, chimineas, etc.)
  • Updated county-level temperature threshold (low and high) input file [RWC_COUNTY_TEMP]
    : Added an additional column (3rd column) for county-level higher-end temperature thresholds for RWC-related inventory sources.
• New prefix flag for temporal profile IDs using setting PREFIX_TPRO (up to 3 characters)

Various Updates

Normbeis4

• Add optional check of landuse sums controlled by setting CHECK_LUSE
• Add checks for units in landuse and biomass files

Smkinven

• Updated to support new processing flow for CEMS data
• New hourly activity (HOURACT) variable added to the CEMS data for hourly temporal allocation of CEMS inventory sources

Smkmerge

• Use BTU/hr as output units for HFLUX

Smkreport

• Add new BY UNIT report option

Temporal

• Updated the temporal assignment hierarchy to allow for partial FIPS matches when SCC is blank or null without setting the FULLSCC_ONLY flag to TRUE