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ISAT v2.0: an integrated tool for nested-domain configurations and model-ready emission inventories for WRF-AQM
Kun Wang
Institute of Urban Safety and Environmental Science, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing 100054, China
Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
Chao Gao
Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
Kaiyun Liu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Haofan Wang
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
Mo Dan
Institute of Urban Safety and Environmental Science, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing 100054, China
Xiaohui Ji
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Urban Safety and Environmental Science, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing 100054, China
Qingqing Tong
Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
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Short summary
This study establishes an easy-to-use and integrated framework for a model-ready emission inventory for the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)–Air Quality Numerical Model (AQM). A free tool called the ISAT (Inventory Spatial Allocation Tool) was developed based on this framework. ISAT helps users complete the workflow from the WRF nested-domain configuration to a model-ready emission inventory for AQM with a regional emission inventory and a shapefile for the target region.
This study establishes an easy-to-use and integrated framework for a model-ready emission...