User's guide to the ELSTAR stationary source emissions data preprocessor

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6693644

Lurmann, F

This report describes computer programs designed to preprocess stationary point source emissions data for the ELSTAR photochemical air quality simulation model. The ELSTAR model requires hydrocarbon, oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, and oxides of sulfur emissions data for stationary point sources. The programs convert emissions data compiled in the U.S. EPA's Emissions Inventory Subsystem (EIS) format to the format required by the ELSTAR model. The conversion process includes assignment of source data to source categories, assignment of diurnal operating characteristics, assignment of hydrocarbon emission composition profiles (in six classes), and conversion of source locations to emission grid square indices. Major point sources are inventoried separately from minor point sources in the processing. This manual describes the general structure and operational capabilities of the programs. Detailed instructions are provided for the preparation of the input data.

• Research Organization: Environmental Research and Technology, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6693644
• Report Number(s): PB-80-184575
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Atmospheric-- Basic Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COMPUTER CODES
E CODES
FORTRAN
HYDROCARBONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
STATIONARY POLLUTANT SOURCES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES