models-3 users’ workshop raleigh, north carolina october 21-23, 2002 recent applications of mm5,...

Models-3 Users’ Models-3 Users’ WorkshopWorkshopRaleigh, North CarolinaRaleigh, North CarolinaOctober 21-23, 2002October 21-23, 2002

Recent Applications of Recent Applications of MM5, SMOKE, and CMAQMM5, SMOKE, and CMAQ

in Canadain Canada

J. Wayne Boulton*, Mike Lepage, Xin Qiu, Martin GauthierRWDI West Inc. (RWDI Group of Companies)Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Air Quality Air Quality ModellingModelling

MM5MM5 SMOKESMOKE

CMAQCMAQ

MMMM55Southern Ontario / Northeastern US

July 7 - 17, 1995 (NARSTO) 36,12, 4 km domains

Southern Ontario / Northeastern US July 13 - 17, 1999 36,12, 4 km domains

Southern Ontario, Quebec and Maritimes July 11 - 19, 1999 36 km (expanded domain)

Southern Alberta August 1 - 5, 1999 36,12, 4 km domains

MM5 MM5 (Cont’d)(Cont’d)

Pearl River Delta (Hong Kong and Southern China) 11 different episodes 1.5 km grid resolution over large domain sensitivity runs and quantitative analyses

Pacific Northwest IAQMP (ongoing) Pacific 2001 and winter 2003 episodes UBC running MC2 at 4 km grid spacing over

large, transboundary domain RWDI converting MC2 output for input to MCIP

MM5 MM5 (Cont’d)(Cont’d)Southern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes

July 11 - 19, 1999

SMOKSMOKEESouthern Ontario / Northeastern US

July 13 - 17, 1999 36,12, 4 km domains for various applications:

Environment Canada City of Toronto Sithe Energies Canada Ltd.

Province of Alberta Dummy meteorological period 20 Spatial Surrogates developed on two map

projections: grid resolution = 0.05° Lon. by 0.025° Lat. grid resolution = 4 km

SMOKE (Cont’d)SMOKE (Cont’d)Spatial Surrogates for Alberta, Canada

SMOKE SMOKE (Cont’d)(Cont’d)

Canada West Emission Inventory Canadian 1995 CAC emission data Canadianised cross-reference files 13 spatial surrogates at 4 km grid spacing Developed “SMOKE-In” database utility / tool Developed “EI-View” data viewer

Pacific Northwest IAQMP (ongoing) Pacific 2001 and winter 2003 episodes Joint US / Canada emission inventory and

spatial surrogates at 4 km grid spacing Transboundary and forest fire emission

scenarios planned

SMOKE SMOKE (Cont’d)(Cont’d)SMOKE-In

Microsoft ACCESS Database Tool Import multiple Environment Canada NET and

SMOKE IDA files Query, sort, apply growth factors, QA/QC, etc. Export SMOKE IDA and EI-View data files

SMOKE SMOKE (Cont’d)(Cont’d)

EI-View ARCVIEW 3.2a extension Input SMOKE-In emission tables Plot emissions (tons / year) by

county or spatial surrogate

CMACMAQQSouthern Ontario / Northeastern US

July 13 - 17, 1999 36,12, 4 km domains for:

Environment Canada City of Toronto Sithe Energies Canada Ltd.

Southern Ontario / Northeastern US February 3 - 13, 1998 36 km runs for Environment Canada MEPPS outputs provided by Ontario

Ministry of the Environment

Southern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes July 11 - 19, 1999 36 km (expanded domain)

CMAQ CMAQ (Cont’d)(Cont’d)Pacific Northwest IAQMP

Episodes: Pacific 2001 (August) Winter 2003

Transboundary and forest fire emission scenarios planned

Model evaluation on: PM ozone visibility

sample domain

CMAQ CMAQ (Cont’d)(Cont’d)Southern Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes

July 11 - 19, 1999

CMAQ CMAQ (Cont’d)(Cont’d)Southern Ontario - Hypothetical Power Plant Emissions

July 11 - 19, 1999