3.4.2. Other support files

Additional SMOKE support files are stored in the $GE_DAT directory. Table 3.2, “Test case SMOKE support files other than inventory files” describes these files.

Table 3.2. Test case SMOKE support files other than inventory files

File name Logical file name Description
amgpro.12km_041604.nc.txt SRGDESC, SRGPR_PATH

12-km surrogates extracted from EPA’s national 12-km surrogate set described at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/emch/spatial/newsurrogate.html.

bgpro.12km_041604.nc.txt BGPRO

12-km land-area surrogates extracted from EPA’s national 12-km surrogate set described at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/emch/spatial/newsurrogate.html.

amgref_us_051704 AGREF, MGREF

1999 National Emission Inventory spatial surrogate cross-reference described at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/emch/spatial/newsurrogate.html; NOTE: a default entry of

000000 0000000000 100

has been added to this file to match the 1996 inventories used in the test case.

amptpro.m3.default.us+can.txt ATPRO, MTPRO, PTPRO U.S. temporal profiles; extracted in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
amptref.m3.us+can.cair.txt ATREF, MTREF, PTREF U.S. temporal cross-reference; copied from amptref.m3.us+can.txt in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
gscnv.txt GSCNV VOC-to-TOG conversion factors; extracted in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
gspro.cmaq.cb4p25_wtox.txt GSPRO Speciation profiles for CMAQ CB4 chemical mechanism with additional toxics species for all source categories except on-road mobile sources; extracted in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
gspro.cmaq.cb4p25_wtox.m.txt GSPRO Speciation profiles for CMAQ CB4 chemical mechanism with additional toxics species for on-road mobile sources; extracted in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
gsref.cmaq.cb4p25_wtox.txt GSREF Speciation cross-reference for CMAQ for CB4 with PM2.5 speciation and additional toxic species; extracted in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
b3fac.beis3_efac_v0.98.txt B3FAC BEIS3.13 emission factors; extracted in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
costcy.txt COSTCY Country, state, and county codes; extracted in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
GRIDDESC GRIDDESC Grid descriptions file with nctox modeling domain. An unlimited number of domains can be added to this file.
procdates.txt PROCDATES SMOKE dates information; extracted in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
holidays.txt HOLIDAYS Dates for days to model as holidays; extracted in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
oris_info.txt ORISDESC ORIS ID descriptions; extracted in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
pstk.m3.txt PSTK Replacement stack parameters for inventory sources with missing or invalid stack parameters; extracted in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
scc_desc_030804.txt SCCDESC SCC descriptions; extracted in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
sic_desc.txt SICDESC SIC descriptions; extracted in November 2005 from EPA’s 2001 modeling platform archive.
srg_desc_EPA1999.txt SRGDESC Surrogate code descriptions for files.

Additional speciation profile files and speciation cross-reference files are available with EPA’s 2001 modeling platform. The files are described in readme_2001.txt. The files in the archive 2001nmp_misc_071504.zip support the following air quality models and chemical mechanisms: