# SMOKE smkinven inventory error

**URL:** <https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/smoke-smkinven-inventory-error/968>\
**Category:** Emissions Inventory\
**Created:** [September 24, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/smoke-smkinven-inventory-error/968 "2019-09-24T02:28:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![allenshieh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@allenshieh](https://forum.cmascenter.org/u/allenshieh)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/smoke-smkinven-inventory-error/968/1 "2019-09-24T02:28:56Z")

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> Value for SMKINVEN\_MONTH not defined; returning default: 0  
> Processing Annual inventory…  
> Reading inventory sources…  
> Value for SMK\_MAXWARNING: 100  
> Value for SMK\_TMPDIR: ‘/home/Allen/local/smoke46/data/run\_nctox/static/tmp’  
> Value for SMK\_TMPDIR: ‘/home/Allen/local/smoke46/data/run\_nctox/static/tmp’  
> ERROR: Could not determine inventory file format due to missing or bad header information.  
> Valid headers are:  
> #LIST, #EMS-95, #FF10, #MEDS, #GRID,#ORL, or #CEM  
> \*\*\* ERROR ABORT in subroutine GETFORMT

I used SMOKE V4.6  
I set my inventory arinv like this

> #ORL NONPOINT  
> #TYPE NonPoint Inventory for CAPS  
> #COUNTRY TAIWAN  
> #YEAR 2013  
> “01901”,“2104007000”,“02”,“PM”,0.945,  
> “01901”,“2104007000”,“02”,“PM10”,0.907,  
> “01901”,“2104007000”,“02”,“PM2\_5”,0.851,  
> “01901”,“2104007000”,“02”,“SO2”,4.4,  
> “01901”,“2104007000”,“02”,“NOX”,17.555,  
> “01901”,“2104007000”,“02”,“CO”,10.128,  
> “01902”,“2104007000”,“02”,“PM”,1.047,  
> “01902”,“2104007000”,“02”,“PM10”,1.005,  
> “01902”,“2104007000”,“02”,“PM2\_5”,0.943,  
> “01902”,“2104007000”,“02”,“SO2”,4.875,  
> “01902”,“2104007000”,“02”,“NOX”,19.449,  
> “01902”,“2104007000”,“02”,“CO”,11.221,  
> “01903”,“2104007000”,“02”,“PM”,1.415,  
> “01903”,“2104007000”,“02”,“PM10”,1.359,  
> “01903”,“2104007000”,“02”,“PM2\_5”,1.274,  
> “01903”,“2104007000”,“02”,“SO2”,6.588,  
> “01903”,“2104007000”,“02”,“NOX”,26.284,  
> “01903”,“2104007000”,“02”,“CO”,15.164,  
> “01904”,“2104007000”,“02”,“PM”,0.765,  
> “01904”,“2104007000”,“02”,“PM10”,0.734,  
> “01904”,“2104007000”,“02”,“PM2\_5”,0.689,  
> …

and in arinv.area.lst

> #LIST  
> /home/Allen/local/smoke46/data/inventory/nei2005/area/arinv\_area2013.txt

but it doesn’t work  
how could I solve the error

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**Author:** ![bbaek](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.cmascenter.org/bbaek/32/22_2.png) [@bbaek](https://forum.cmascenter.org/u/bbaek)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.cmascenter.org/t/smoke-smkinven-inventory-error/968/2 "2019-10-04T14:35:40Z")

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I can not tell whether your arinv.area.lst file got opened or your raw inventory file got opened. Can you see whether ARINV input file is open successfully in Smkinven log file?  
Also, your ORL NONPOINT inventory format seems wrong. Here is the format you need to follow to process through SMOKE successfully.  
[https://www.cmascenter.org/smoke/documentation/4.6/html/ch08s02s04.html#d0e38409](https://www.cmascenter.org/smoke/documentation/4.6/html/ch08s02s04.html#d0e38409)