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EQUATES: EPA’s Air QUAlity TimE Series Project

EPA scientists have developed a set of modeled meteorology, emissions, air quality and pollutant deposition spanning the years 2002 through 2019. Modeled datasets cover the Conterminous U.S. (CONUS) at a 12km horizontal grid spacing and the Northern Hemisphere at a 108km grid spacing using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model version 4.1.1 for simulating weather conditions and EPA’s Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model version 5.3.2.1 for air quality modeling. New hemispheric and North American emissions inventories were developed using, to the extent possible, consistent input data and methods across all years, including emissions from motor vehicles, fires, and oil and gas sources.

EQUATES meteorology, emissions, and air quality modeling datasets have been packaged to meet various collaborator needs and are available to download from the CMAS Data Warehouse.

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