# Analyzing CMAQ Output

**URL:** <https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/analyzing-cmaq-output/471>\
**Category:** Post-processing\
**Created:** [January 8, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/analyzing-cmaq-output/471 "2019-01-08T20:19:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![tad1515](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@tad1515](https://forum.cmascenter.org/u/tad1515)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/analyzing-cmaq-output/471/1 "2019-01-08T20:19:36Z")

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Hello!

I’m a graduate student and this will be my first time, ever, using CMAQ output or model output at all.

I’m wondering what tools you use to analyze the output. I personally have not used CMAQ, but a colleague of mine sent me some CCTM files and MCIP files (GRID and MET variety). Are there any resources your community could refer me to for knowing what I can gather from these file types and how I might gather it?

Best, and pardon my ignorance!  
Taylor

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**Author:** ![cjcoats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@cjcoats](https://forum.cmascenter.org/u/cjcoats)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/analyzing-cmaq-output/471/2 "2019-01-13T23:58:56Z")

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ioapi/m3tools programs for simple command line analysis ([https://www.cmascenter.org/ioapi/documentation/all\_versions/html/AA.html#tools](https://www.cmascenter.org/ioapi/documentation/all_versions/html/AA.html#tools))  
Verdi or PAVE for visualization.