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EPA'S NEW EMISSIONS MODELING FRAMEWORK
Citation:
HOUYOUX, M. R., M. STRUM, R. MASON, N. POSSIEL, W. G. BENJEY, D. H. LOUGHLIN, G. POULIOT, A. EYTH, AND C. SEPPANEN. EPA'S NEW EMISSIONS MODELING FRAMEWORK. Presented at 14th Annual Emission Inventory Conference, Las Vegas, NE, April 12 - 14, 2005.
Impact/Purpose:
The objective of this work is to investigate the impact of global climate change on the regional air quality of the United States. Impacts of climate change on meteorological patterns and primary source emissions are investigated as primary elements influencing future air quality.
Description:
EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards is building a new Emissions Modeling Framework that will solve many of the long-standing difficulties of emissions modeling. The goals of the Framework are to (1) prevent bottlenecks and errors caused by emissions modeling activities, (2) develop software infrastructure for performing emissions modeling in a consistent way across multiple projects, sharing emissions data in a multi-user environment, and enhancing transparency of emissions modeling, and (3) document and implement best-practice approaches for emissions modeling in support of criteria, particulate, toxics, and one-atmosphere air quality modeling. This paper presents the full scope of the EMF and the plans and timetable for development and releases of the software.