Volume 1: TRAQS User Guide (2018)

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TRAQS User Guide Page 107 7. MOVES RUNS Under the TRAQS main window, press the MOVES Runs button to have access to the MOVES Runs window. The MOVES Runs module allows you to perform the following tasks: 1. MOVES Run Scenarios: You are able to run up to 16 MOVES scenarios in a batch mode. 2. MOVES to AERMOD: You will be able to run the US EPA MOVES2AERMOD tool which generates pollutants-specific seasonal emission rate files (EMISFACT.txt) to be used by AERMOD. 7.1. MOVES RUN SCENARIOS The MOVES Run Scenarios tab, under the MOVES Runs window, contains a grid that will display all the scenarios setup for your project. The following options are available: Functionality of Buttons The following is the functionality of the several buttons located on the top of the grid: Press this button to generate MOVES RunSpec files for all the scenarios listed on the grid. This step is only necessary if you want to preview these files. Otherwise, TRAQS will automatically generate each RunSpec file before running the MOVES model. Press this button to open the "traqs_moves" folder in Windows Explorer. This is the folder where all MOVES RunSpec files will be stored. Press this button to start the MOVES Runs. The runs for all scenarios will be done in sequence and results will be saved to the same MOVES database.

TRAQS User Guide Page 108 Scenarios Grid The grid available in this window will automatically display all the scenarions that you defined for your TRAQS project. The grid contains the following columns:  Scenarios: This column displays the scenario description (e.g., 01 - 2015 Build - Winter - AM-Peak).  RunSpec Files (*.mrs): This column displays the name of the RunSpec file for each sce- nario. Press the button to preview this file using a text editor.  Status: This columns shows the status for the MOVES Run (e.g., Done (Run), Running..., In Queue)  Date & Time: This columns shows the date and time the MOVES Run was completed. Run Progress Status When you press the button, TRAQS generates the RunSpec file (*.mrs) and sends the information to the MOVES model. As the run starts, the bottom half section of the MOVES Runs window displays the status of the MOVES run. Below the Run Status a progress status bar indicates the progress of the runs. Press this button to stop the MOVES runs. MOVES Run Scenarios tab

TRAQS User Guide Page 109 How MOVES Scenarios Are Run See below the sequence of events triggered by TRAQS when you press the button. The steps below are done for each run scenario. MOVES databases mentioned in these steps are MySQL databases. 1. TRAQS Creates MOVES Input Database: TRAQS creates the MOVES input database for all scenarios with the following name convention "<TRAQS project name><sce- nario_Name>_in" (e.g., TRAQS_MOVES_CO_01_2014_build_winter_am_peak_in). This da- tabase contains data specified under the MOVES Wizard – PDM page. 2. TRAQS Deletes MOVES Output Database: Only for the the first scenario being run, TRAQS deletes the MOVES output database named "<TRAQS project name>" (e.g., TRAQS_MOVES_CO). This prevents old results from being used in case scenarios are being re- run. 3. TRAQS Generates RunSpec File: TRAQS generates the RunSpec file "<scenario name>.mrs" (e.g., 01_2015_Build_Winter_PM_Peak.mrs) using the options specified under the MOVES Wizard. The RunSpec file is saved in the folder "<project root>\traqs_moves". The path and name of the MOVES input database (created in step 1) and of the MOVES output database are provided within the RunSpec file. 4. TRAQS Runs MOVES: Under the MOVES installation folder (e.g., C: \MOVES2014a\), and us- ing command line, TRAQS sends a request to MOVES to run a specific scenario. MOVES then

TRAQS User Guide Page 110 creates, if not existing yet, the output database and populates it with output for the current scenario run. 5. TRAQS Runs US EPA MOVES2AERMOD Script: After all runs are completed, TRAQS ex- tracts emissions from the MOVES output database using the US EPA MOVES2AERMOD.sql script. This is done for each pollutant being modeled. MOVES2AERMOD outputs the variable emission rate files (EMISFACT) that will be used for the AERMOD model runs. 6. TRAQS Extracts Output Results from MOVES Output Database: TRAQS also extracts emissions data from several MOVES output database tables and writes the information into cor- responding CSV files. These CSV files are stored under the folder "<project root>\traqs_moves\"  co_grams_per_hour.csv  pm25_grams_per_hour.csv  pm10_grams_per_hour.csv TRAQS also extracts total emissions data by link and by process from the MOVES output data- base table "movesOutput" and writes the following CSV files:  output_emissions_total.csv  output_emissions_bylink.csv  output_emissions_byprocess.csv Data contained in all the CSV files saved under the <project root>\traqs_moves\ folder are used by TRAQS to generate the Reports.

TRAQS User Guide Page 111 Example of the Contents of the "\traqs_moves\" folder after all MOVES Runs are Completed

TRAQS User Guide Page 112 7.2. MOVES TO AERMOD The MOVES to AERMOD tab, under the MOVES Runs window, contains additional buttons that will give you the option to manually perform the tasks described below: The options available under this window are automatically performed by TRAQS right after all the MOVES Scenario Runs are finalized. Therefore, you do not need to manually perform any of the tasks described in this section. The following options are available: Press this button to generate the CSV input files with data necessary to run the US EPA MOVES2AERMOD tool. Press this button to open the "traqs_moves2aermod" folder in Windows Explorer. This is the folder where all the CSV input files and the MOVES2AERMOD.sql file are stored. Press this button to run MOVES2AERMOD. The output produced by the MOVES2AERMOD tool is a file containing SEASONHR EMIS- FACT parameters for use in AERMOD. TRAQS currently uses MOVES2AERMOD Version 120921.

TRAQS User Guide Page 113 What Is MOVES2AERMOD MOVES2AERMOD is a tool, developed by the US EPA, to automate the process of generating the EMISFACT portion of an AERMOD input file using the output data from several MOVES Runs. The MOVES2AERMOD tool requires input data to be provided thru three CSV files as follows:  Link_Sources.csv: This file contains the mapping of MOVES links to AERMOD sources.  Source_Area.csv: This file contains information on the total area (link length * link width) of each MOVES link.  Traffic_Distribution: This file defines the peak/off-peak mapping for each of 24 hours and four seasons For more information on this tool visit https://www3.epa.gov/otaq/models/moves/tools.htm#emis