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(ver. 5/9/06 )

Reads CAMx concentration and wind-field files for both
coarse and fine grids, and fiddles around with them

5/ 9/06 14:55:30

Hours are limited to 1968; model grid to 97 columns by 90 rows; layers to 1; multinested cells to 3300000.

Contents

Cell of highest emission for each species and each category
Reasonableness-checking of the chemical emission rates
National monitoring data
Ohio monitors and design values
Attainment (or not) Demonstration
Monitor-to-Model Relative Reduction Factors
Monitor location needs analysis
Back-trajectory analysis
Human exposure modeling
List of data sources

Summary of concentration data here

Day-by-day fine grid specifications here. Day-by-day fine grid specifications here. Reading of a second set of concentration files completed, from 2009_23_summer12.conf (but the values listed below are from the first set, unless otherwise indicated)

572 ozone monitors exist nationwide.

Header lines (3) from O3_design_values_5yr :
three header lines expected
don't know
just why

Results of the recalculation of design values here.

Here are the Ohio monitors present in the long list but absent from the short one:

0 found.

Attainment (or not) Demonstration

demonstration interval: 6/12/02 hr 1 Wed to 8/31/02 hr 24 Sat

Design values, relative reduction factors, and prospective design values for a bunch of monitors.

Old case: K23_summer12_w.conf
New case: 2009_23_summer12.conf

Only days with baseline modeled 8-hr concentration greater than 0.0700
participate in the calculation of rrf, unless otherwise noted.

oldnewcelllowest
stationstatecountyrrfdaysdesign val.design val.sizeaccepted
390030002Ohio Allen 0.89007 10 88.0 78.33 12.0 0.0712
390071001Ohio Ashtabula 0.86741 23 95.6 82.92 12.0
390170004Ohio Butler 0.91512 15 89.6 81.99 12.0
390171004Ohio Butler 0.91604 14 87.6 80.25 12.0
390250022Ohio Clermont 0.91762 12 89.3 81.94 12.0
390610006Ohio Hamilton 0.94835 10 90.3 85.64 12.0
390610010Ohio Hamilton 0.90944 16 85.6 77.85 12.0
390610040Ohio Hamilton 0.96205 10 86.0 82.74 12.0 0.0813
391650006Ohio Warren 0.90794 13 90.6 82.26 12.0
390230001Ohio Clark 0.89195 10 88.6 79.03 12.0 0.0844
390230003Ohio Clark 0.88843 10 85.3 75.78 12.0 0.0821
390570006Ohio Greene 0.89451 10 87.6 78.36 12.0 0.0837
391090005Ohio Miami 0.88545 10 87.0 77.03 12.0 0.0791
391130019Ohio Montgomery 0.91479 10 86.5# 79.13 12.0 0.0804
391351001Ohio Preble 0.88344 10 80.0 70.67 12.0 0.0771
390271002Ohio Clinton 0.88080 10 94.3 83.06 12.0 0.0838
390350034Ohio Cuyahoga 0.89271 15 78.3 69.90 12.0
390350064Ohio Cuyahoga 0.87660 10 81.6 71.53 12.0 0.0839
390355002Ohio Cuyahoga 0.92574 10 88.0 81.47 12.0 0.0841
390550004Ohio Geauga 0.88391 12 99.0 87.51 12.0
390850003Ohio Lake 0.91543 10 92.6 84.77 12.0 0.0849
390853002Ohio Lake 0.91067 17 83.0 75.59 12.0
391331001Ohio Portage 0.88801 10 91.0 80.81 12.0 0.0809
391030003Ohio Medina 0.85803 10 87.0 74.65 12.0 0.0768
391530020Ohio Summit 0.90250 10 93.3 84.20 12.0 0.0762
390410002Ohio Delaware 0.86636 10 89.0 77.11 12.0 0.0759
390490028Ohio Franklin 0.88457 10 86.0# 76.07 12.0 0.0821
390490029Ohio Franklin 0.90067 10 93.0# 83.76 12.0 0.0792
390490037Ohio Franklin 0.90576 10 86.5# 78.35 12.0 0.0768
390490081Ohio Franklin 0.91969 10 84.0 77.25 12.0 0.0750
390830002Ohio Knox 0.85922 10 87.0 74.75 12.0 0.0807
390890005Ohio Licking 0.86323 10 88.0 75.96 12.0 0.0798
390970007Ohio Madison 0.88291 10 88.6 78.23 12.0 0.0797
390810016Ohio Jefferson 0.87535 10 86.0# 75.28 12.0 0.0790
390870006Ohio Lawrence 0.86608 10 82.0 71.02 12.0
390870011Ohio Lawrence 0.81399 10 76.6 62.35 12.0 0.0845
390930017Ohio Lorain 0.88094 10 87.0 76.64 12.0
390950024Ohio Lucas 0.94150 10 83.3 78.43 12.0 0.0704
390950027Ohio Lucas 0.88482 10 82.0 72.56 12.0 0.0737
390950034Ohio Lucas 0.93780 8 90.0 84.40 12.0 0.0728
390950081Ohio Lucas 0.94150 10 88.6 83.42 12.0 0.0704
391730003Ohio Wood 0.88135 10 87.6 77.21 12.0 0.0739
390990013Ohio Mahoning 0.86961 10 87.0 75.66 12.0 0.0845
391550011Ohio Trumbull 0.88099 10 92.5# 81.49 12.0 0.0808
391550009Ohio Trumbull 0.84272 10 88.0 74.16 12.0 0.0838
391510016Ohio Stark 0.85214 10 88.0 74.99 12.0 0.0774
391510021Ohio Stark 0.83986 10 86.3 72.48 12.0 0.0758
391511009Ohio Stark 0.89849 10 88.3 79.34 12.0 0.0767
391514005Ohio Stark 0.86482 10 88.3 76.36 12.0 0.0804
391670004Ohio Washington 0.79968 12 85.6 68.45 12.0
170310042Illinois Cook 1.01476 6 88* 89.30 12.0 0.0702
170317002Illinois Cook 1.02155 10 86* 87.85 12.0 0.0717
170971007Illinois Lake 0.95768 10 87* 83.32 12.0 0.0795
260990009Michigan Macomb 0.92552 10 97* 89.78 12.0 0.0755
260991003Michigan Macomb 0.95354 9 95* 90.59 12.0 0.0706
261630019Michigan Wayne 0.95987 3 91* 87.35 12.0 too few
420030010Pennsylvania Allegheny 0.88828 10 93* 82.61 12.0 0.0830
420070002Pennsylvania Beaver 0.87658 10 94* 82.40 12.0 0.0798
420490003Pennsylvania Erie 0.90192 12 92* 82.98 12.0

All design values are based on five years of data,
except those marked with "*" which are based on three, or"#" which are based on four.

The threshold is 85.0 ppb unless the number of qualifying days is less than 10,
in which case the threshold is adjusted downward as needed to qualify 10 days,
to a lower limit of 70.0 ppb, after which the acceptable number of days is reduced to as low as 5.

4516 coarse grid rrf's calculated; 4214 cells are uncalculable.
The highest rrf is 1.0446 at ( 71, 83); the lowest is 0.7810 at ( 57,116)

rrf calculations attempted for 1 nests totalling 16641 cells, over 81 days; 13382 cells calculated, 3259 uncalculable.
minimum fine-grid rrf = 0.713 in nest 1 at ( 3, 2) in coarse cell ( 40, 36); maximum fine-grid rrf = 1.071 in nest 1 at ( 2, 2) in coarse cell ( 61, 35)
 Be alert! The world needs more lerts!
Maximum red = 1.071
Deepest blue = 0.713

Attainment (or not) Demonstration

demonstration interval: 6/12/02 hr 1 Wed to 8/31/02 hr 24 Sat

Design values, relative reduction factors, and prospective design values for a bunch of monitors.

Old case: K23_summer12_w.conf
New case: 2009_23_summer12.conf

Only days with baseline modeled 8-hr concentration greater than 0.0700
participate in the calculation of rrf, unless otherwise noted.

A Timin collar will be employed.
oldnewcelllowest
stationstatecountyrrfdaysdesign val.design val.sizeaccepted
390030002Ohio Allen 0.88568 10 88.0 77.94 12.0 0.0764
390071001Ohio Ashtabula 0.86973 29 95.6 83.15 12.0
390170004Ohio Butler 0.92226 21 89.6 82.63 12.0
390171004Ohio Butler 0.91318 21 87.6 79.99 12.0
390250022Ohio Clermont 0.92105 25 89.3 82.25 12.0
390610006Ohio Hamilton 0.94028 25 90.3 84.91 12.0
390610010Ohio Hamilton 0.91929 23 85.6 78.69 12.0
390610040Ohio Hamilton 0.93820 26 86.0 80.69 12.0
391650006Ohio Warren 0.91077 22 90.6 82.52 12.0
390230001Ohio Clark 0.88862 13 88.6 78.73 12.0
390230003Ohio Clark 0.90088 15 85.3 76.84 12.0
390570006Ohio Greene 0.89618 15 87.6 78.51 12.0
391090005Ohio Miami 0.88311 10 87.0 76.83 12.0
391130019Ohio Montgomery 0.89904 16 86.5# 77.77 12.0
391351001Ohio Preble 0.88043 10 80.0 70.43 12.0 0.0814
390271002Ohio Clinton 0.88831 16 94.3 83.77 12.0
390350034Ohio Cuyahoga 0.89117 27 78.3 69.78 12.0
390350064Ohio Cuyahoga 0.88365 18 81.6 72.11 12.0
390355002Ohio Cuyahoga 0.90195 26 88.0 79.37 12.0
390550004Ohio Geauga 0.89994 16 99.0 89.09 12.0
390850003Ohio Lake 0.89641 29 92.6 83.01 12.0
390853002Ohio Lake 0.89464 29 83.0 74.25 12.0
391331001Ohio Portage 0.87578 12 91.0 79.70 12.0
391030003Ohio Medina 0.85779 10 87.0 74.63 12.0 0.0814
391530020Ohio Summit 0.87340 10 93.3 81.49 12.0 0.0834
390410002Ohio Delaware 0.87527 10 89.0 77.90 12.0 0.0794
390490028Ohio Franklin 0.89211 10 86.0# 76.72 12.0 0.0850
390490029Ohio Franklin 0.89105 10 93.0# 82.87 12.0
390490037Ohio Franklin 0.89182 11 86.5# 77.14 12.0
390490081Ohio Franklin 0.87950 10 84.0 73.88 12.0 0.0842
390830002Ohio Knox 0.86581 11 87.0 75.33 12.0
390890005Ohio Licking 0.87344 10 88.0 76.86 12.0 0.0833
390970007Ohio Madison 0.87986 10 88.6 77.96 12.0 0.0837
390810016Ohio Jefferson 0.83677 12 86.0# 71.96 12.0
390870006Ohio Lawrence 0.87391 17 82.0 71.66 12.0
390870011Ohio Lawrence 0.84600 20 76.6 64.80 12.0
390930017Ohio Lorain 0.88145 23 87.0 76.69 12.0
390950024Ohio Lucas 0.91372 10 83.3 76.11 12.0 0.0792
390950027Ohio Lucas 0.90294 10 82.0 74.04 12.0 0.0763
390950034Ohio Lucas 0.89582 15 90.0 80.62 12.0
390950081Ohio Lucas 0.91372 10 88.6 80.96 12.0 0.0792
391730003Ohio Wood 0.88322 10 87.6 77.37 12.0 0.0780
390990013Ohio Mahoning 0.86882 12 87.0 75.59 12.0
391550011Ohio Trumbull 0.86352 13 92.5# 79.88 12.0
391550009Ohio Trumbull 0.84835 10 88.0 74.66 12.0 0.0845
391510016Ohio Stark 0.86151 10 88.0 75.81 12.0 0.0822
391510021Ohio Stark 0.83985 10 86.3 72.48 12.0 0.0786
391511009Ohio Stark 0.86550 10 88.3 76.42 12.0 0.0827
391514005Ohio Stark 0.86639 11 88.3 76.50 12.0
391670004Ohio Washington 0.78983 26 85.6 67.61 12.0
170310042Illinois Cook 0.98434 16 88* 86.62 12.0
170317002Illinois Cook 0.98255 18 86* 84.50 12.0
170971007Illinois Lake 0.94853 17 87* 82.52 12.0
260990009Michigan Macomb 0.92494 10 97* 89.72 12.0 0.0828
260991003Michigan Macomb 0.93331 10 95* 88.66 12.0 0.0752
261630019Michigan Wayne 0.92423 10 91* 84.11 12.0 0.0782
420030010Pennsylvania Allegheny 0.88464 18 93* 82.27 12.0
420070002Pennsylvania Beaver 0.88022 10 94* 82.74 12.0
420490003Pennsylvania Erie 0.88189 26 92* 81.13 12.0

All design values are based on five years of data,
except those marked with "*" which are based on three, or"#" which are based on four.

The threshold is 85.0 ppb unless the number of qualifying days is less than 10,
in which case the threshold is adjusted downward as needed to qualify 10 days,
to a lower limit of 70.0 ppb, after which the acceptable number of days is reduced to as low as 5.

4516 coarse grid rrf's calculated; 4214 cells are uncalculable.
The highest rrf is 1.0446 at ( 71, 83); the lowest is 0.7810 at ( 57,116)

rrf calculations attempted for 1 nests totalling 16641 cells, over 81 days; 14337 cells calculated, 2304 uncalculable.
minimum fine-grid rrf = 0.680 in nest 1 at ( 2, 1) in coarse cell ( 40, 36); maximum fine-grid rrf = 1.018 in nest 1 at ( 3, 3) in coarse cell ( 61, 32)
 Be alert! The world needs more lerts!
Maximum red = 1.045
Deepest blue = 0.680

4516 coarse grid rrf to rrf ratios's calculated; 4214 cells are uncalculable.
The highest ratio is 1.0000 at ( 12, 68); the lowest is 1.0000 at ( 12, 68)

ratio of rrf's computed with ttt.rrf in the denominator

 Be alert! The world needs more lerts!                                           Be alert! The world needs more lerts!                                           Be alert! The world needs more lerts!
Maximum red = 1.105
Deepest blue = 0.800

Analysis performed 5/ 9/06 14:55:30

Culpability-related analysis of monitors of particular interest not performed because H2O2 and HNO3 concentrations not found in concentration files (needed to identify VOC and NOx-limited regimes) (ih2o2= -1; ihno3= -1

Monitor vs. model comparisons at 572 locations

>>>>
monitormodel
matchedmod.-mon.
stationpairsmean err.RMS err.mon.mod.

Here are all the coarse-grid cells with at least one predicted 8-hr avg. greater than 0.1650

cellhighest 8-hrbegins2nd highest 8-hrbegins
( 42, 76) 0.1753 7/ 4/02 hr 11 Thu 0.1749 7/ 4/02 hr 10 Thu
( 52, 79) 0.1660 6/24/02 hr 12 Mon 0.1638 6/24/02 hr 11 Mon
( 53, 80) 0.1851 7/29/02 hr 12 Mon 0.1825 7/ 3/02 hr 12 Wed
( 53, 81) 0.1852 7/29/02 hr 13 Mon 0.1834 7/29/02 hr 12 Mon
( 53, 82) 0.1669 7/30/02 hr 12 Tue 0.1665 7/29/02 hr 13 Mon
( 54, 82) 0.1718 7/29/02 hr 14 Mon 0.1702 7/29/02 hr 15 Mon
( 54, 83) 0.1656 7/29/02 hr 14 Mon 0.1642 7/29/02 hr 15 Mon
( 55, 83) 0.1721 7/29/02 hr 14 Mon 0.1713 7/29/02 hr 13 Mon
( 55, 84) 0.1685 7/29/02 hr 14 Mon 0.1666 7/29/02 hr 15 Mon
( 56, 84) 0.1668 7/29/02 hr 15 Mon 0.1662 7/29/02 hr 14 Mon

10 cells are affected.

Here are all the fine-grid cells with at least one predicted 1-hr avg. greater than 0.14500 (bypass this logic for now)

Here are all the cells from the coarse grid with at least one predicted 8-hr avg. conc. of O3 greater than 0.16000
that are a local peak, or that are within 420.km of central Ohio and have an 8-hr avg. greater than 0.11500
and are a local peak.

cellhighest 8-hrbegins2nd highest 8-hrbegins
( 42, 76) 0.1753 7/ 4/02 hr 11 Thu 0.1749 7/ 4/02 hr 10 Thu
( 46, 75) 0.1633 7/ 3/02 hr 11 Wed 0.1562 7/ 3/02 hr 12 Wed
( 52, 79) 0.1660 6/24/02 hr 12 Mon 0.1638 6/24/02 hr 11 Mon
( 53, 81) 0.1852 7/29/02 hr 13 Mon 0.1834 7/29/02 hr 12 Mon
( 54, 82) 0.1718 7/29/02 hr 14 Mon 0.1702 7/29/02 hr 15 Mon
( 55, 83) 0.1721 7/29/02 hr 14 Mon 0.1713 7/29/02 hr 13 Mon
( 60, 84) 0.1612 7/ 3/02 hr 13 Wed 0.1610 7/ 3/02 hr 12 Wed

7 cells are affected.

The highest coarse gridwide average concentration is 0.04674 for hour 232( 6/21/02 hr 16 Fri)

The highest cell concentration is 0.21154 at ( 53, 80) for hour 1143( 7/29/02 hr 15 Mon)

The highest cell concentration within a 420.0 km radius of ( 1188.8, 83.1) (which corresponds to Columbus, Ohio) is 0.1261 at ( 53, 49) for hour 975( 7/22/02 hr 15 Mon)

back-trajectory analysis declined.


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