Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 22:23:37 -0600 To: emregional@sol.ncsc.org From: Mark Janssen Subject: EMS-2001 Release Cc: Bcc: X-Attachments: In-Reply-To: References: Hi all, This email is announcing the release of EMS-2001 . It has many new enhancements over earlier versions of EMS-95. These include Windows NT version of the model While we are still maintaining our use of Linux and Solaris platforms, We are also providing a Windows NT release of the model. The installation CD contains both versions. BIOME3.0 A BEIS3 emulator with enhanced visualization and improved sensitivity analysis options. The tool creates more transparency in the complex task of biogenic emissions estimations to emissions modelers New spatial processors These new processors eliminate the requirement of ARC/INFO for Lambert, UTM and Lat/Long projection systems While still maintaining EMS's monopoly on creation of spatial surrogates directly from ARC/INFO census/landuse/TIGER files. Four Tier Error and Warning Reporting This new structure helps you focus on solving the most critical errors while eliminating the need to be bogged down in minor problems PM chemical speciation including Speciate 3.0 Updated speciation processors allow the processing of PM/Haze and ozone inventories. Conversion software to convert UAM style output files to CAMX IO/APIfiles. PAMS Air monitoring data analysis tool This tool allows users to compare their inventories to PAMS data for hydrocarbon/NOX ratios and chemical speciation problems. Enhanced installation CD A single CD contains the LINUX, Solaris, and NT versions of the model. Simple modifications to the install scripts will allow users to install the model on DEC and SGI as well. But any model is not worth much without the data to run through it. The installation CD also contains a draft version of the 1996 NEI version 4 ready to run in the model for the US eastern unified grid including a complete copy of the spatial surrogates and the BELD3 data. On top of that, it also contains Speciation and temporalization data sets to get you started. Say goodbye to TAR balls with platform specific version of the model. Speed improvements for EMS's slowest processors like areasrc and mv5b_dig.sas make the model faster. On a 1.4 Gigahertz Athlon processor the model will run a day of point, area, and motor-vehicle in less than 20 minutes, 3 times faster than the photochemical models to make sure you stay ahead of your photochemical modelers. A number of you have asked for copies of the system when it would be released. Please email your requests to janssen@ladco.org. We will do our best to eliminate copying/shipping costs for the model and get CD's out ASAP. We will offer full support to our LADCO/Midwest RPO member States, Tribes and FLM's. We will be able to offer limited help installing and running the model for those that are associated with the RPO process. We will do our best offering email support to others as time permits. Please understand that this model is shareware and that we are releasing it with no warrantee or support. We can help you find contractors that can assist you. I also want to thank Gwen Judson of Wisconsin DNR for developing many of the new enhancements to EMS-2001 including the entire NT version. Where are we going next? We have contracts in place to add MOBILE6 as soon as a final release is made. We are working on updating the users guide, We are also planning on adding the OTAQ Non-Road model, and improved support for the NEI version 2 formats. This enhancement will improve EMS-2001's ability to process day specific CEM data. Since the model code is open, other groups and contractors continue to improve the model. We will do our best to share any enhancements available with the emissions modeling community. EMS-2001 requires the user to have a base SAS license. SAS GRAPH/ FSP and Insight are all beneficial but not necessary to run the core components of the model and are only necessary for the visualization tools. States can get individual user licenses from US-EPA for less than $2000/year LADCO will be providing EMS-2001 training on an as-needed basis. We believe that the following training will be available. Introduction to EMS-2001 Advanced EMS-2001.(For those who have already taken the Intro course.) What's new in EMS-2001, BIOME, NEI and PM emissions modeling (early March 2001) Mark Janssen - Emissions Director - LADCO