CMAQ and PCAPS predicted air quality impacts offshore emissions sources
The Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model version 5.4 (epa.gov/cmaq) was applied with 12 km sized grid cells for a domain covering the conterminous U.S. and areas offshore. The vertical atmosphere was resolved up to 50 mb with 35 layers. Vertical layers were thinner nearest the surface to best resolve diurnal fluctuation in the surface mixing layers. Lateral boundary inflow was extracted from a hemispheric scale simulation for the same year. Meteorological inputs were developed with the Weather Research and Forecasting model version 3.8.1 applied with the same grid domain as the photochemical model. The Pattern Constructed Air Pollution Surfaces (PCAPS) model has been applied for complex sector-specific emissions scenarios for stationary and mobile sources and predicted air quality results consistent with more sophisticated models. PCAPS version 1.1 was applied for each year between 2024 and 2031 with year-specific offshore wind project and EGU emissions. PCAPS was also applied using the same offshore wind and onshore EGU emissions for the 2026 and 2055 scenarios simulated with CMAQ to allow for a direct comparison of results.
This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Baker, K., R.B. Rice, and N. Fann. Characterizing Air Quality Impacts Related to North Atlantic Offshore Emissions Sources. ACS ES&T Air. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, USA, 2(7): 1369-1378, (2025).
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| description | The Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model version 5.4 (epa.gov/cmaq) was applied with 12 km sized grid cells for a domain covering the conterminous U.S. and areas offshore. The vertical atmosphere was resolved up to 50 mb with 35 layers. Vertical layers were thinner nearest the surface to best resolve diurnal fluctuation in the surface mixing layers. Lateral boundary inflow was extracted from a hemispheric scale simulation for the same year. Meteorological inputs were developed with the Weather Research and Forecasting model version 3.8.1 applied with the same grid domain as the photochemical model. The Pattern Constructed Air Pollution Surfaces (PCAPS) model has been applied for complex sector-specific emissions scenarios for stationary and mobile sources and predicted air quality results consistent with more sophisticated models. PCAPS version 1.1 was applied for each year between 2024 and 2031 with year-specific offshore wind project and EGU emissions. PCAPS was also applied using the same offshore wind and onshore EGU emissions for the 2026 and 2055 scenarios simulated with CMAQ to allow for a direct comparison of results. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Baker, K., R.B. Rice, and N. Fann. Characterizing Air Quality Impacts Related to North Atlantic Offshore Emissions Sources. ACS ES&T Air. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, USA, 2(7): 1369-1378, (2025). |
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