Hi everyone,
I’m now having trouble with preparing emission input for CMAQv5.0.2. I got four different area emission files (from different sources, e.g. onroad, nonroad), which were produced by SMOKE. As I was trying to use m3tools to merge the emission files into one area emission file, I didn’t find any instruction on how to merge such files. Does anyone know how to use m3tools to merge those files?
Thanks!
This SMOKE User Manual section indicates that you would need to use the mrggrid program:
" Mrggrid program would combine the model-ready files from the individual source categories; for example, from separate SMOKE (including Smkmerge ) runs for stationary area/nonpoint, nonroad mobile, windblown dust, wildfire, on-road mobile, and point sources."
https://www.cmascenter.org/smoke/documentation/4.6/html/ch02s18.html
Mrggrid Program:
https://www.cmascenter.org/smoke/documentation/4.6/html/ch06s10.html
The mrggrid program which is part of the SMOKE system is typically used for this, although not sure why you are still using such an old version of CMAQ.
https://www.cmascenter.org/smoke/documentation/4.6/html/ch06s10.html
The sector merge scripts in the EPA platforms do this merging, although it is a bit more complicated as the scripts consider representative days and the like. You can find some recent EPA-released platforms here:
https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-modeling/2014-2016-version-7-air-emissions-modeling-platforms
In particular if you go to one of the platforms and look in the scripts zip file on the FTP site, you will see the in the SMOKE core the sector merge scripts and the sectorlist file that the script uses.
ftp://newftp.epa.gov/Air/emismod/2016/v1/smoke_2016v1_platform_core.zip
This may be overkill for what you need. I believe the SMOKE modeling platform Wiki has some information on this step as well.