CMAQ Modeling Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) webpage is provided by UC Riverside to assist Federal Agencies, States, Tribes, and other groups that may want to set up and run US EPA's Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model.
The latest Models-3/CMAQ Model can be downloaded from the Community Modeling & Analysis System (CMAS) website.
The hardware FAQ and system FAQ present basic information on computer hardware and on the installation and configuration of software to perform CMAQ modeling.
This CMAQ download cheat sheet covers how to download the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System.
These input files preparation FAQs present basic information on how to prepare input files for the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System.
The Air Quality Modeling FAQ presents basic information on air quality modeling in general, while the CCTM FAQ presents basic information on the CMAQ Chemical Transport Model (CCTM) which simulates the relevant and major atmospheric chemistry, transport and deposition processes involved throughout the CMAQ modeling domain(s).
This UCR CMAQ MPE FAQ presents basic information on the CMAQ Model Performance Evaluation (MPE) software package developed at the Regional Modeling Center (RMC) located at U.C. Riverside.
This UCR CMAQ TSSA FAQ presents basic information on the Tagged Species Source Apportionment (TSSA) methodology in CMAQ currently being refined at the Regional Modeling Center (RMC) located at U.C. Riverside.