Hy,
I’m a beginner in both CMAQ and CMAQ-DDM. I’m planning to run CMAQ-DDM in my CMAQ v5.3.2. I was able to run CCTM script without DDM. Now I’m planning to use DDM in my script. I’m not sure how to set the input parameters, what needs to be changed in my script, how to set gridded emission data path etc.? Here’s my sensinput file
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Please have a look into my run script and help me out. Also, please take a look into my emission data snapshot (all is gridded data in the attached image)
run_cctm_rasel.csh (36.9 KB)
DDM is not available in v5.3.2. The most recent CMAQ release with DDM is v5.2. Please see the User’s Guide chapter for code and documentation.
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# 10. Decoupled Direct Method in Three Dimensions (CMAQ-DDM-3D)
## 10.1 Introduction
The Decoupled Direct Method in Three Dimensions (DDM-3D) provides CMAQ concentration and deposition sensitivity information for user specified model parameters.
In air quality modeling, sensitivities measure the response of a model output to a change in one or several predefined model parameters. In policy applications, the parameters of interest are usually emissions and the output of interest is pollutant concentrations. We may be interested in emissions from a particular geographical region, like an urban area, a group of states, or a country, and/or emissions from a particular source, such as wildfires, electricity generating units (EGUs), or light duty diesel trucks.
Emissions sensitivities can be calculated by simply running the air quality model twice – once with standard emissions inputs, and once with the emissions of interest adjusted in some way. The difference in outputs between the two runs in relation to the size of the adjustment then becomes the model sensitivity. While this process is fairly easy to implement and interpret, it quickly becomes computationally complex as the number of desired sensitivities increases. For example, calculating sensitivity to EGU emissions from 10 southeastern states in the U.S. would require 11 separate air quality model simulations.
Alternatively, model sensitivities can be calculated with CMAQ-DDM-3D. This is done by altering the existing model algorithms to allow for sensitivity propagation through every science module in CMAQ. While this process does require more computational resources than standard CMAQ, it scales favorably with the number of desired parameters.
Besides emissions, sensitivities to other model parameters can also be calculated. Currently, CMAQ-DDM-3D can be used for sensitivity to emission rates, boundary conditions, initial conditions, reaction rates, potential vorticity, or any combination of these parameters. Second order sensitivity calculations, or sensitivity of sensitivity, sometimes known as higher-order DDM-3D (HDDM-3D) are also available. Note: second order sensitivity outputs for particulate matter species are still in development and should be considered as a research option.
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sergey
February 22, 2021, 7:56pm
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Yes, Kristen is correct. The most recently fully released version of CMAQ DDM-3D is in version 5.2.
Your input file looks mostly reasonable for that version. However, you need to add the proper amount of blank characters in front of most of those lines.
Sergey
Hy @foley.kristen @sergey ,
I’m facing errors while running DDM. Can you kindly take a look into my scripts and output file and help me out with this error?
Thanks
jCMAQ-5.2-NODE005-314066.txt (77.1 KB) run_cctm_rasel.txt (36.9 KB) run_cmaq_rasel.txt (796 Bytes) sensinput.cmas.txt (102 Bytes)CTM_LOG_001.v52_gcc_AQF5X_20200601.txt (3.9 KB)
