CALPUFF Modeling System Version 6 User Instructions April 2011 Section 1: Introduction Table of Contents Page 1. OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 CALPUFF Version 6 Modeling System............................................................... 1-1 1.2 Historical Background .......................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Overview of the Modeling System ....................................................................... 1-7 1.4 Major Model Algorithms and Options................................................................. 1-19 1.4.1 CALMET................................................................................................ 1-19 1.4.2 CALPUFF............................................................................................... 1-23 1.5 Summary of Data and Computer Requirements .................................................. 1-28 2. GEOPHYSICAL DATA PROCESSORS.......................................................................... 2-1 2.1 TERREL Terrain Preprocessor............................................................................. 2-3 2.2 Land Use Data Preprocessors (CTGCOMP and CTGPROC) ............................. 2-27 2.2.1 Obtaining the Data.................................................................................. 2-27 2.2.2 CTGCOMP - the CTG land use data compression program .................. 2-29 2.2.3 CTGPROC - the land use preprocessor .................................................. 2-29 2.2.4 Generic Land Use Data set – (non random Land Use categories mapped to USGS defaults) ..................................................................... 2-30 2.2.5 Generic Land Use Data set – (random Land Use categories not mapped to USGS defaults) ..................................................................... 2-30 2.3 MAKEGEO ......................................................................................................... 2-51 3. READ62 UPPER AIR PREPROCESSOR ........................................................................ 3-1 4. PXTRACT PRECIPITATION DATA EXTRACT PROGRAM ...................................... 4-1 5. PMERGE PRECIPITATION DATA PREPROCESSOR ................................................ 5-10 6. SMERGE SURFACE DATA METEOROLOGICAL PREPROCESSOR ....................... 6-1 6.1 Generic Hourly Surface Data File......................................................................... 6-3 6.1.1 Generic Multi Time Interval Surface Data File ...................................... 6-18 7. PROGNOSTIC METEOROLOGICAL DATA PROCESSORS ...................................... 7-1 7.1 CALMM5 Preprocessor........................................................................................ 7-1 7.2 CALETA Preprocessor ........................................................................................ 7-26 7.3 CALRUC Preprocessor........................................................................................ 7-42 7.4 CALRAMS Preprocessor .................................................................................... 7-51 i Section 1: Introduction 7.5 CALWRF Preprocessor ....................................................................................... 7-56 7.6 CALTAPM Preprocessor..................................................................................... 7-60 7.7 3D.DAT File Format............................................................................................ 7-67 8. CALMET MODEL FILES ................................................................................................ 8-1 8.1 User Control File (CALMET.INP)....................................................................... 8-5 8.2 Geophysical Data File (GEO.DAT)..................................................................... 8-55 8.3 Upper Air Data Files (UP1.DAT, UP2.DAT,...).................................................. 8-67 8.4 Surface Meteorological Data File (SURF.DAT) ................................................. 8-73 8.5 Overwater Data Files (SEA1.DAT, SEA2.DAT, ...) ........................................... 8-77 8.6 Precipitation Data File (PRECIP.DAT)............................................................... 8-80 8.7 Preprocessed Diagnostic Model Data File (DIAG.DAT) .................................... 8-85 8.8 Prognostic Model Data File (PROG.DAT).......................................................... 8-89 8.9 MM4/MM5/3D Model Data Files (MM4.DAT, MM5.DAT, 3D.DAT) ............. 8-91 8.10 Terrain Weighting Factor Data File (WT.DAT)................................................. 8-112 8.11 CALMET Output Files ....................................................................................... 8-121 8.11.1 CALMET.DAT...................................................................................... 8-121 8.11.2 PACOUT.DAT ...................................................................................... 8-136 8.12 PRTMET Meteorological Display Program ....................................................... 8-142 9. CALPUFF.......................................................................................................................... 9-1 9.1 User Control File .................................................................................................. 9-1 9.2 Meteorological Data Files................................................................................... 9-121 9.2.1 CALMET.DAT...................................................................................... 9-121 9.2.2 ISCMET.DAT ....................................................................................... 9-138 9.2.3 PLMMET.DAT...................................................................................... 9-146 9.2.4 SURFACE.DAT and PROFILE.DAT ................................................... 9-151 9.3 Point Source Emissions File With Arbitrarily Varying Emissions (PTEMARB.DAT) 9-163 9.4 Buoyant Area Source Emissions File With Arbitrarily Varying Emissions (BAEMARB.DAT).......................................................................................................... 9-173 9.5 Line Source Emissions File with Arbitrarily Varying Emissions (LNEMARB.DAT) 9-180 9.6 Volume Source Emissions File (VOLEMARB.DAT) with Arbitrarily Varying Emissions 9-188 9.7 Boundary Concentration Module File (BCON.DAT)......................................... 9-197 9.8 User-Specified Deposition Velocity Data File (VD.DAT)................................. 9-212 9.9 Ozone Data File (OZONE.DAT)........................................................................ 9-214 9.10 User-Specified Chemical Transformation Rate Data File (CHEM.DAT).......... 9-218 9.11 Site-Specific Turbulence Data (PROFILE.DAT) ............................................... 9-221 9.12 CTDMPLUS Terrain Feature Description and Receptors (HILL.DAT, HILLRCT.DAT) 9-222 ii Section 1: Introduction 9.13 Subgrid Scale Coastal Boundary Data File (COASTLN.DAT).......................... 9-228 9.14 Mass Flux Boundary Data File (FLUXBDY.DAT)............................................ 9-233 9.15 CALPUFF Output Files...................................................................................... 9-237 9.15.1 List File (CALPUFF.LST)..................................................................... 9-237 9.15.2 Restart File (RESTARTE.DAT)............................................................ 9-237 9.15.3 Concentration File (CONC.DAT).......................................................... 9-238 9.15.4 Dry Flux File (DFLX.DAT) .................................................................. 9-259 9.15.5 Wet Flux File (WFLX.DAT) ................................................................. 9-278 9.15.6 Relative Humidity File for Visibility Processing in CALPOST (VISB.DAT) .......................................................................................... 9-297 9.15.7 Debug Puff-Tracking File (DEBUG.DAT) ........................................... 9-314 9.15.8 Mass Flux List File (MASSFLX.DAT)................................................. 9-318 9.15.9 Mass Balance List File (MASSBAL.DAT)........................................... 9-320 9.16 OPTHILL............................................................................................................ 9-322 9.16.1 CTSG Terrain Information .................................................................... 9-322 9.16.2 Example OPTHILL Application............................................................ 9-325 10. POSTPROCESSORS........................................................................................................ 10-1 10.1 APPEND.............................................................................................................. 10-2 10.2 CALSUM............................................................................................................. 10-9 10.3 POSTUTIL.......................................................................................................... 10-16 10.4 CALPOST........................................................................................................... 10-40 10.5 Input Files ........................................................................................................... 10-46 10.5.1 User Control File (CALPOST.INP)....................................................... 10-46 10.5.2 CALPUFF Output Files (MODEL.DAT and VISB.DAT)...................