The Met4moves program is responsible for creating inputs for the MOVES Driver Script and the SMOKE Movesmrg program. Met4moves creates the following intermediate files:
Type: ASCII - column-specific
Used by: MOVES driver script.
The output file created by Met4moves for use by the MOVES driver script contains the absolute minimum and maximum temperatures and average RH values associated with each reference county. The scope of these in/max temperatures extends across the selected grid cells in the county group associated with that reference county. The min/max temperatures determine the MOVES runs that are needed for generating the RPD and RPV emission rates. The temperature increments listed in the header are used to define the temperature bins used to optimize the MOVES runs. In addition, the output file prepared for the MOVES driver script contains sets of 24 hour diurnal temperature profiles based on combinations of min/max temperature bins for each reference county; these are necessary for the MOVES vapor-venting emissions calculation that is performed for the RPP emissions process. For a specific reference county and fuel month, the monthly average RH value is identical for all the records.
Table 9.16. File columns in MOVES_OUTFILE
| Line | Column | Type | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1+ | A | Integer | Unitless | Reference County |
| B | Integer | Unitless | fuelMonth | |
| C | Character | Unitless | temperatureProfileID | |
| D | Real | % | RH | |
| E | Real | Fahrenheit | Temp1(Min) | |
| F | Real | Fahrenheit | Temp2(Max) | |
| G | Real | Fahrenheit | Temp3 | |
| H | Real | Fahrenheit | Temp4 | |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| AB | Real | Fahrenheit | Temp24 |