Volume 1: TRAQS User Guide (2018)

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TRAQS User Guide Page 3 CONTENTS 1. Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................................................. 7 2. TRAQS Installation ................................................................................................................................................ 10 2.1. System Requirements .................................................................................................................................. 10 2.2. Installation Instructions ............................................................................................................................... 11 2.3. Preferences .................................................................................................................................................. 14 3. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 3.1. About TRAQS ................................................................................................................................................ 16 3.2. TRAQS Key Features ..................................................................................................................................... 17 3.3. About MOVES............................................................................................................................................... 18 3.4. About EMFAC ............................................................................................................................................... 19 3.5. About AERMOD ............................................................................................................................................ 20 3.6. Process Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 21 3.7. TRAQS Interface Overview ........................................................................................................................... 23 3.8. TRAQS Home Screen Buttons ...................................................................................................................... 24 3.9. TRAQS Menu Options .................................................................................................................................. 26 3.10. TRAQS Main Modules .................................................................................................................................. 28 4. New Project Wizard ............................................................................................................................................. 30 4.1. Project Information ...................................................................................................................................... 31 4.2. Project Scenarios .......................................................................................................................................... 33 4.3. Project Domain ............................................................................................................................................ 36 5. Map & Links .......................................................................................................................................................... 40 5.1. Map View ..................................................................................................................................................... 40 5.2. Road Links .................................................................................................................................................... 47

TRAQS User Guide Page 4 5.3. Off-Network Links ........................................................................................................................................ 49 5.4. Link Parameters ........................................................................................................................................... 50 5.5. Off-Network Link Parameters ...................................................................................................................... 54 5.6. AERMOD Receptors ..................................................................................................................................... 59 5.6.1. Discrete Receptors ............................................................................................................................. 60 5.6.2. Discrete Receptor Parameters ........................................................................................................... 61 5.6.3. Grid Receptors ................................................................................................................................... 62 5.6.4. Link Receptors .................................................................................................................................... 63 6. MOVES Options .......................................................................................................................................... 66 6.1. Import MOVES RunSpec File ........................................................................................................................ 66 6.2. MOVES Wizard ............................................................................................................................................. 67 6.3. MOVES Wizard – Configuration ................................................................................................................... 68 6.4. MOVES Wizard – Scenarios .......................................................................................................................... 71 6.5. MOVES Wizard – Fuel & Vehicle Type ......................................................................................................... 73 6.6. MOVES Wizard – Road Types ....................................................................................................................... 75 6.7. MOVES Wizard – Pollutants & Processes ..................................................................................................... 76 6.8. MOVES Wizard – Project Data Manager (PDM) .......................................................................................... 77 6.8.1. Generate PDM Tables ........................................................................................................................ 83 6.8.2. PDM Scenario Selection ..................................................................................................................... 86 6.8.3. PDM Option – Age Distribution ......................................................................................................... 88 6.8.4. PDM Option – Fuel Formulation ........................................................................................................ 89 6.8.5. PDM Option – Fuel Supply ................................................................................................................. 91 6.8.6. PDM Option – Fuel Usage .................................................................................................................. 92 6.8.7. PDM Option – Fuel AVFT.................................................................................................................... 93 6.8.8. PDM Option – Links ........................................................................................................................... 94 6.8.9. PDM Option – Link Source Types ....................................................................................................... 96 6.8.10. PDM Option – Link Drive Schedules ................................................................................................... 97

TRAQS User Guide Page 5 6.8.11. PDM Option – Meteorology ............................................................................................................... 98 6.8.12. PDM Option – Off-Network ............................................................................................................... 99 6.8.13. PDM Option – Hotelling Activity ...................................................................................................... 100 6.8.14. PDM Option – Hotelling Hours ........................................................................................................ 101 6.8.15. PDM Option – Operating Mode Distribution ................................................................................... 102 6.8.16. PDM Option – I/M Programs ........................................................................................................... 103 6.9. MOVES Wizard – Input Summary .............................................................................................................. 105 7. MOVES Runs ...................................................................................................................................................... 107 7.1. MOVES Run Scenarios ................................................................................................................................ 107 7.2. MOVES to AERMOD ................................................................................................................................... 112 8. EMFAC Options .................................................................................................................................................. 114 8.1. EMFAC – Configuration .............................................................................................................................. 114 8.1.1. EMFAC Approach for Project-Level Analysis .................................................................................... 116 8.2. EMFAC – Scenarios ..................................................................................................................................... 117 8.3. EMFAC – Temperature & Humidity ............................................................................................................ 118 8.4. EMFAC – Input & Output Files ................................................................................................................... 119 9. AERMOD Options .............................................................................................................................................. 125 9.1. AERMOD – Control Pathway ...................................................................................................................... 125 9.1.1. Urban and Rural Dispersion Coefficients ......................................................................................... 127 9.2. AERMOD – Meteorology Pathway ............................................................................................................. 128 9.2.1. MAKEMET Screening Meteorology .................................................................................................. 130 9.3. AERMOD – Source Pathway ....................................................................................................................... 131 9.4. AERMOD – Receptor Pathway ................................................................................................................... 133 9.5. Receptor File Format .................................................................................................................................. 137 10. AERMOD Runs ................................................................................................................................................... 138 10.1. AERMOD Runs ............................................................................................................................................ 138 11. AERMOD Results ............................................................................................................................................... 141

TRAQS User Guide Page 6 11.1. Grid View .................................................................................................................................................... 141 11.2. Map View ................................................................................................................................................... 145 12. Reports ............................................................................................................................................................... 147 13. References ......................................................................................................................................................... 149