The directories where the temporal allocation files should be stored are listed in Table 8.2, “Temporal Allocation Input File Locations”. The table also lists the programs that use each input file.
The Temporal profiles files contain the monthly, weekly, diurnal and/or hourly temporal profiles used to convert the annual emissions stored in the inventory to hourly emissions. The files can contain the following types of records:
[A|M|P]TPRO_MONTHLY : Year to month temporal weighting factors
[A|M|P]TPRO_DAILY : Year to day temporal weighting factors
[A|M|P]TPRO_WEEKLY : Month to Week temporal weighting factors
[A|M|P]TPRO_HOURLY : Day to hour temporal weighting factors
[A|M|P]TPRO_HOURLY_NCF : Hourly temporal weighting factors
This optional date-specific hourly temporal profiles will take precedence over the default monthly, weekly and hourly profiles. Also users must to use FIPS and SCC cross-reference hiearchy to use these temporal profiles.
Table 8.27. Format for ATPRO_MONTHLY, MTPRO_MONTHLY, and PTPRO_MONTHLY
| Position | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Chars | Monthly Temporal Profile ID (15 characters) |
| 1 | Real | Temporal factor for January |
| 2 | Real | Temporal factor for February |
| 3 | Real | Temporal factor for March |
| ... | Real | ..... |
| 10 | Real | Temporal factor for October |
| 11 | Real | Temporal factor for November |
| 12 | Real | Temporal factor for December |
| 13 | Chars | Comments (optional: must be double (quoted) |
Table 8.28. Format for ATPRO_DAILY, MTPRO_DAILY, and PTPRO_DAILY
| Position | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Chars | Month-to-day Temporal Profile ID (15 characters) |
| 1 | Integer | Calendar Month [ex: 1, 2,,,,12] |
| 2 | Real | Temporal factor for Day 1 |
| 3 | Real | Temporal factor for Day 2 |
| ... | Real | ..... |
| 30 | Real | Temporal factor for Day 29 |
| 31 | Real | Temporal factor for Day 30 |
| 32 | Real | Temporal factor for Day 31 |
| 33 | Chars | Comments (optional: must be double (quoted) |
Table 8.29. Format for ATPRO_WEEKLY, MTPRO_WEEKLY, and PTPRO_WEEKLY
| Position | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Chars | Weekly Temporal Profile ID (15 characters) |
| 1 | Real | Temporal factor for Monday |
| 2 | Real | Temporal factor for Tuesday |
| 3 | Real | Temporal factor for Wednesday |
| 4 | Real | Temporal factor for Thursday |
| 5 | Real | Temporal factor for Friday |
| 6 | Real | Temporal factor for Saturday |
| 7 | Real | Temporal factor for Sunday |
| 8 | Chars | Comments (optional: must be double (quoted) |
Table 8.30. Format for ATPRO_HOURLY, MTPRO_HOURLY, and PTPRO_HOURLY
| Position | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Chars | Hourly Temporal Profile ID (15 characters) |
| 1 | Real | Temporal factor for Hour beginning 0000 |
| 2 | Real | Temporal factor for Hour beginning 0100 |
| 3 | Real | Temporal factor for Hour beginning 0200 |
| ... | Real | ..... |
| 22 | Real | Temporal factor for] Hour beginning 2100 |
| 23 | Real | Temporal factor for Hour beginning 2200 |
| 24 | Real | Temporal factor for Hour beginning 2300 |
| 25 | Chars | Comments (optional: must be double (quoted) |
This NetCDF hourly temporal profiles input file contains annual total (ANNTOT), monthly total (MONTOT), daily total (DAYTOT) and hourly total (HRLTOT) to compute year-to-hour, month-to-hour, day-to-hour profiles to calculate hourly total depending on types of inventory data
(annual, monthly or daily inventory). If inventory is annual total, year-to-hour profiles will be used to convert annual total
to hourly total emissions. If inventory is monthly total, month-to-hour profiles will be used to compute hourly total from
monthly total inventory.
Table 8.31. Format for ATPRO_HOURLY_NCF, MTPRO_HOURLY_NCF, and PTPRO_HOURLY_NCF
| Variable Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Profile ID | Integer | Hourly Temporal Profile ID (a.k.a. FIPS code) |
| ANNTOT | Real | Annual Total by profile ID |
| MONTOT | Real | Monthl Total by profile ID |
| DAYTOT | Real | Daily Total by profile ID |
| HRLTOT | Real | Hourly Total by profile ID |