README -- describes contents of NOx directory 02 Aug 2006 Bob Yantosca bmy@io.as.harvard.edu NOTE: The baseline year for EDGAR emissions is 2000. Files: =============================================================================== (1) Binary punch (bpch) files on the GENERIC 1x1 GRID (360x180, no halfpolar boxes, 1st box edged on -180,-90) contaning EDGAR emissions from the various sectors for the year 2000 EDGAR.b1000nox.generic.1x1 : B10 Bio-industry (not used) EDGAR.b2000nox.generic.1x1 : B20 Power generation (not used) EDGAR.b3000nox.generic.1x1 : B30 Charcoal production (not used) EDGAR.b4000nox.generic.1x1 : B40 RCO (not used) EDGAR.b5100nox.generic.1x1 : B51 Road transport (Eth.) (not used) EDGAR.f1000nox.generic.1x1 : F10 Industrial EDGAR.f2000nox.generic.1x1 : F20 Power Generation (fossil fuel) EDGAR.f3000nox.generic.1x1 : F30 Conversion (fossil fuel) EDGAR.f4000nox.generic.1x1 : F40 Res + Comm + Other (fossil fuel) EDGAR.f5100nox.generic.1x1 : F51 Road Transport (fossil fuel) EDGAR.f5400nox.generic.1x1 : F54 Land (Non-Road) Transport EDGAR.f5700nox.generic.1x1 : F57 Air Transport (fossil fuel) EDGAR.f5800nox(IEA).generic.1x1 : F58 Ship exhaust (fossil fuel) EDGAR.f8000nox.generic.1x1 : F80 Oil Production (fuel combustion) EDGAR.i1000nox.generic.1x1 : I10 Iron and Steel Production EDGAR.i3000nox.generic.1x1 : I30 Chemical Production EDGAR.i4000nox.generic.1x1 : I40 Cement Production EDGAR.i5000nox.generic.1x1 : I50 Pulp & Paper Production EDGAR.w4000nox.generic.1x1 : W40 Waste incineration The above files were converted from the raw ASCII files to bpch format by IDL program ~bmy/archive/dataEDGAR_200607/IDL/edgar2bpch.pro. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) Binary punch (bpch) files on the GEOS 1x1 GRID (360x181, w/ halfpolar boxes, 1st box centered on -180,-90) contaning SCALE FACTORS FOR EDGAR NOx EMISSIONS FOR YEARS 2002-1996 EDGAR.NOxScalar-2002-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 2000 emissions to 2002 EDGAR.NOxScalar-2001-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 2000 emissions to 2001 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1999-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 2000 emissions to 1999 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1998-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 2000 emissions to 1998 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1997-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 2000 emissions to 1997 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1996-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 2000 emissions to 1996 The above files were converted from the raw ASCII files (prepared by Aaron van Donkelaar) to bpch format by IDL program ~bmy/archive/dataEDGAR_200607/IDL/ratio2bpch.pro. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) Binary punch (bpch) files on the GEOS 1x1 GRID (360x181, with halfpolar boxes, 1st box centered on -180,-90) contaning SCALE FACTORS for EDGAR emissions for years 1985 - 1996 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1985-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 1986 emissions to 2000 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1986-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 1986 emissions to 2000 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1987-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 1987 emissions to 2000 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1988-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 1988 emissions to 2000 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1989-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 1989 emissions to 2000 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1990-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 1990 emissions to 2000 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1991-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 1991 emissions to 2000 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1992-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 1992 emissions to 2000 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1993-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 1993 emissions to 2000 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1994-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 1994 emissions to 2000 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1995-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 1995 emissions to 2000 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1996-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 1996 emissions to 2000 EDGAR.NOxScalar-1997-2000.geos.1x1 : Scales 1997 emissions to 2000 The above files created from 1x1 scalefoss* files by IDL program ~bmy/archive/dataEDGAR_200607/IDL/pre1996scale.pro. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) Binary punch (bpch) files on the GENERIC 1x1 GRID (360x180, no halfpolar boxes, 1st box edged on -180,-90) contaning SEASONAL SCALE FACTORS which are computed as ( GEIA nox per season ) / ( GEIA NOx per year ) anth_NOx_scale.DJF.generic.1x1 : WINTER seasonal ratios (DJF) anth_NOx_scale.MAM.generic.1x1 : SPRING seasonal ratios (MAM) anth_NOx_scale.JJA.generic.1x1 : SUMMER seasonal ratios (JJA) anth_NOx_scale.SON.generic.1x1 : AUTUMN seasonal ratios (SON) The above files created from 1x1 scalefoss* files by IDL program ~bmy/archive/data/EDGAR_200607/IDL/edgar_anth_nox_scale.pro ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (5) Binary punch (bpch) files on the GENERIC 1x1 GRID (360x180, no halfpolar boxes, 1st box edged on -180,-90) contaning GEIA NOx EMISSIONS geia_nox_djf.generic.1x1 : WINTER GEIA NOx emissions geia_nox_mam.generic.1x1 : SPRING GEIA NOx emissions geia_nox_jja.generic.1x1 : SUMMER GEIA NOx emissions geia_nox_son.generic.1x1 : AUTURM GEIA NOx emissions The above files were saved out with GAMAP from the file ~bmy/archive/data/fossil_200104/1x1_gen/merge_nobiofuels.generic.1x1 and are provided here as input to the IDL code edgar_anth_nox_scale.pro.