The EMEFS model evaluation

Technical Report · Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6004604· OSTI ID:6004604

Barchet, W R ^[1]; Dennis, R L ^[2]; Seilkop, S K ^[3]; Banic, C M; Davies, D; Hoff, R M; Macdonald, A M; Mickle, R E; Padro, J; Puckett, K ^[4]; Byun, D; McHenry, J N

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1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
2. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
3. Analytical Sciences, Inc., Durham, NC (United States)
4. Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, ON (Canada)

The binational Eulerian Model Evaluation Field Study (EMEFS) consisted of several coordinated data gathering and model evaluation activities. In the EMEFS, data were collected by five air and precipitation monitoring networks between June 1988 and June 1990. Model evaluation is continuing. This interim report summarizes the progress made in the evaluation of the Regional Acid Deposition Model (RADM) and the Acid Deposition and Oxidant Model (ADOM) through the December 1990 completion of a State of Science and Technology report on model evaluation for the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP). Because various assessment applications of RADM had to be evaluated for NAPAP, the report emphasizes the RADM component of the evaluation. A protocol for the evaluation was developed by the model evaluation team and defined the observed and predicted values to be used and the methods by which the observed and predicted values were to be compared. Scatter plots and time series of predicted and observed values were used to present the comparisons graphically. Difference statistics and correlations were used to quantify model performance. 64 refs., 34 figs., 6 tabs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USEPA; EPRI; Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States); Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6004604
• Report Number(s): PNL-7914; ON: DE92005043; CNN: EPRI RP1630-40; IAG DW89933040-01-07
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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