AQP Modeling: Regional & Project Level
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Transportation conformity analyses must use the latest planning assumptions, including the most up-to-date modeling tools.
Publications and Conference Presentations
| "Qualitative Project Analysis: Key Concepts.]" January 2007. D. Eisinger, D. Niemeier. |
| "Sensitivity of Exhaust Emmisions to Vehicle Populations and Mileage Accrual," January 2003. T. Kear, D. Niemeier. |
| "Spatial Applicability of Emission Factors for Modeling Mobile Emissions," Environmental Science and Technology, 36 (4): 736-741. 2002. D. Niemeier. (abstract) |
| "An Exploratory Analysis Comparing Stochastic Driving Cycle to California's Regulatory Cycle," Atmospheric Environment, 36:5758-5770. 2002. Lin, J., D. Niemeier. |
| "Conformity: How VMT-Speed Distributions Can Affect Mobile Emissions Inventory Modeling," Transportation, Special Issue (ed. D. Niemeier), 28 (4): 409-425. 2001. D. Ito, D. Niemeier, G. Garry. (abstract) |
Research Reports
| "MOVES vs. EMFAC: A Comparative Assessment Based on a Los Angeles County Case Study," August 2008. |
| "Modeling Uncertainties and Near-Road PM2.5: A Comparison of CALINE4, CAL3QHC and AERMOD" August, 2008. |
| "A Survey of Air Quality Dispersion Models for Project Level Conformity Analysis," June 2006. |
| "The Future Demand for Alternative Fuel Vehicles: A Preliminary Literature Review," Interim July 2003. Cao, X., Mokhtarian, P. |
| "Evaluation of California's High Emitter Profile to Identify Gross Polluting Vehicles," Technical Report, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA. December 2003. Shafizadeh, K. and D. Niemeier. |
| "Examining the Uncertainties in Speed-VMT Distributions for Emissions Inventories: South Coast Air Basin," Draft March 2003. Sogutlugil, M. |
| "Hourly Truck Traffic Profiles in Southern California from Weigh-In-Motion Data," Draft February 2003. Gao, O. |
| "A Grid-Based Mobile Sources Emissions Inventory Model," Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, UC Davis-Caltrans AQ Project Report Series, Davis, CA. (6/01) |
| "Mobile Emissions Inventories: EMFAC7G and EMFAC2000 Comparison by Air Basin," May 2001. Gao, O., D. Niemeier |
Software
| CT-EMFAC: A Computer Model to Estimate Transportation Project Emissions.
CT-EMFAC Ver. 2.6, May 29, 2008 (zip file package, 108 MB) Note 1: To download the file, we recommend right-clicking and using the "save-as" function. Note 2: The package is large, please allow time for downloading. Note 3: If you are not sure whether or not your computer has installed Microsoft .Net Framework, click the link to redirect to the download page in Microsoft Download Center. Model Documentation only (497KB) December, 2007. |
| CL4: A User-friendly Interface for the CALINE4 Model for Transportation Project Impace Assessments. Zip File, June, 2001. |
| User's Guide for CL4: A User-friendly Interface for the CALINE4 Model for Transportation Project Impace Assessments. User Guide, June, 2001. |
