Welcome to Emission Manager users' guide

Modular processing system for model-ready emission input preparation

This guide is organized in the following sections:

• Introduction: gives an overview of Emission Manager architecture and working mode
• Input database: describes the formats of all input files constituting the Emission Manager input database for a given application
• Modules reference: description of all the individual computational modules (purpose & functions, input/output, calling syntax)
• EMMA shell commands: set of preset shell commands and procedures helping the automated creation of emission input for air quality models through a coordinated use of Emission Manager

Other files formats are illustrated in the Appendix.

Alphabetical index of manual pages.

Introduction

• Foreword
• Use of Emission Manager modules
• Changes from previous versions

Input database

• Introduction
• Reference classification scheme

Time-independent “client files”

• Common features and conventions
• Point sources client file (GSP)
• Line sources client file (LIN)
  • simplified file
  • complex file
• Area sources client file (SRF)
  • simplified file
  • complex file

Time-dependent files

• Modulation files
  • Yearly modulation profiles file
  • Weekly modulation profiles file
  • Daily modulation profiles file
  • Sources-specific modulation profiles mapping file
  • Categories-based modulation profiles mapping file
• Files for time-varying modification of sources emissions
  • Time-varying modification factors file
  • Sources-specific modification factors mapping file
  • Categories-based modification factors mapping file
• Hour-by-hour modulation files
  • Hour-by-hour modulation profiles file
  • Sources-specific hour-by-hour modulation profiles mapping file
  • Categories-based hour-by-hour modulation profiles mapping file
• Parameters file for temperature-dependent modulation, by climatic zone
• Time-dependent client files
• Continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) files

Species split/speciation

• Splitting profiles database
• Categories-based split profiles mapping file
• Sources-specific split profiles mapping file

Geographic references

• Vector cartography file (DONCAR)
• Polygons-to-grid intersections file
• Gridded thematic data (LDU)
• Categories - thematic layers mapping file (SNAP-CRS)

Modules reference

Modules glossary

General modules

• Generation of “pemtim” files from time-independent “client files”
  • TRLGSP
  • TRLLIN
  • TRLCRS
• Generation of “pemtim” files from time series of data
  • INEMOS
• Dealing with species
  • SPICE
  • REDSPE
• Dealing with time
  • CRTEMP
  • CATPER
  • MODGRID
• Grid allocation
  • LIGREC
  • PEM2GRID
  • MODGRID
  • BINRAS
• Other modules
  • ALTEMI
  • CATSOU
  • PEMSOM
  • BILSOU
  • PEMMOD
  • POLMOD
  • PEM2MIF
  • PEMSTAT
• Pre-processing modules
  • FCSPLIT
  • MIF2LIN

Model-specific modules

• ARQRAS/ARQRASLITE
• CALEMIS
• BOTTARGA
• MPEM2FARM

Example batch files to run EMGR modules

EMMA shell commands

System description and architecture

• Introduction
  • Changes from previous versions
  • Installation
  • System configuration: emma_config.mak
• “Case” structure
  • Input files and directories structure
  • Subcases and networks
• Configuration files
  • “Case” configuration: case.mak
  • “Subcase” configuration: subcase.mak
  • “Network” configuration: network.mak
• Calculations workflows
  • SPRAY
  • FARM
  • Logfiles and error tracking

Shell commands reference

• Top-level commands
  • SPRAY_emi
  • FARM_emi
  • FARM_lump_profiles
  • TREFIC_FARM_emi
• Low-level commands
  • SPRAY_point_sources
  • SPRAY_ems_sources
  • SPRAY_line_sources
  • SPRAY_area_sources
  • FARM_point_sources
  • FARM_ems_sources
  • FARM_line_sources
  • FARM_area_sources
• Utility commands
  • touch_case_FARM
  • copy_case

Appendix - Other files formats

• PEMTIM
• PEMSPE
• Simple stacks default parameters file (gspdef.txt)
• Stacks default parameters file (gspdef.txt)
• INEMOS initialization file
• Emissions modification factors file (POLMOD)
• Emissions alterations file