UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NATIONAL VEHICLE AND FUEL EMISSIONS LABORATORY

2565 PLYMOUTH ROAD

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48105-2498

 

MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT: MOVES and NONROAD Code and Databases Used to Generate Inventories for Air 

Quality Modeling and National Inventories for the Tier 3 FRM

FROM: Harvey Michaels and David Choi

Assessment and Standards Division

Office of Transportation and Air Quality

TO: Docket: EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0135

DATE: 13 February 2014

The purpose of this memorandum is to transmit to the docket a DVD containing the MOVES and 

NONROAD code, databases, and related files that were used to produce the inventories of 

emissions from onroad vehicles and nonroad equipment used in the air quality modeling and the 

national inventories for the Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards. The disk 

contains three folders, one with the MOVES files for the air quality modeling, one with the 

MOVES files for the national inventories, and one with the NONROAD files. Table 1 lists the 

contents of the MOVES folder for the air quality modeling. Table 2 lists the contents of the 

NONROAD folder. Table 3 lists the contents of the MOVES folder for the national inventories. 

Each folder contains both files and subfolders. 

Table 1. Contents of folder MOVESAirQualityModeling

File or Folder Description

MOVES Runs for T3 FRM AQM.docx A document that provides detailed 

descriptions of the MOVES runs and 

the databases that support them.

OFFICE OF

AIR AND RADIATION
File or Folder Description

CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureSmokeMovesA

bs2007base_20130130.plx

CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureSmokeMovesTi

er3Frm2018Ctl_20130610.plx

CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureSmokeMovesTi

er3Frm2018Ref_20130609.plx

CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureSmokeMovesTi

er3Frm2030Ctl_20130604.plx

CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureSmokeMovesTi

er3Frm2030Ref_20130603.plx

These Perl scripts set up the runs and 

document them the MOVES runs.

CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsSmokeMovesAbs2007

base_20130130.plx

CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsSmokeMovesTier3Fr

m2018Ctl_20130610.plx

CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsSmokeMovesTier3Fr

m2018Ref_20130609.plx

CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsSmokeMovesTier3Fr

m2030Ctl_20130604.plx

CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsSmokeMovesTier3Fr

m2030Ref_20130603.plx

These Perl scripts create the batch 

files that execute and process the

MOVES runs. They also document 

the code and default database for each 

run.

RepCnties2007PF2007CntyList146.txt

RepCnties2007PF2018CntyList146_ctl.txt

RepCnties2007PF2018CntyList146_ref.txt

RepCnties2007pf2030CntyList146_20130312_ctl.txt

RepCnties2007pf2030CntyList146_20130312_ref.txt

Lists of the representing county

databases used for each run.

MOVES20121002f The MOVES code

MovesCountyDatabases All the CDBs used in these runs

movesdb20121002f.zip MOVES default database used in the 

2007 base run

movesdb20121002k_truncatedgfre.zip MOVES default database used in the 

2018 and 2030 reference and control 

runs

MovesRunSpecGeneratorFiles Scripts and files used to generate 

MOVES runspecs and corresponding 

meteorology tables

MovesUserDatabases The user databases specified in the 

runspecs

Table 2. Contents of folder NONROADAirQualityModeling

File or Folder Description

Abs2007BaseNr.bat

Tier3Frm2018CtlNr.bat

Tier3Frm2018RefNr.bat

Tier3Frm2030CtlNr.bat

Batch files that copy special tables into the 

NCD and call the NMIM runspecs
Tier3Frm2030RefNr.bat

Abs2007BaseNr.nrs

Tier3Frm2018CtlNr.nrs

Tier3Frm2018RefNr.nrs

Tier3Frm2030CtlNr.nrs

Tier3Frm2030RefNr.nrs

NMIM runspecs that specify the NMIM runs

NMIM20090504d.zip NMIM code

NCD20101201a.zip NMIM County Database (NCD)

Abs2007SpecialNcdTables

Tier3Frm2018CtlSpecialNcdTables

Tier3Frm2018RefSpecialNcdTables

Tier3Frm2030CtlSpecialNcdTables

Tier3Frm2030RefSpecialNcdTables

Fuels, meteorology, and representing county

tables that are substituted for the defaults in the 

NCD.

Table 3. Contents of folder MOVESNationalInventories

File or Folder Description

CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureMovesT3FRMc

tl2018stmo092313.plx

CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureMovesT3FRMc

tl2030stmo092313.plx

CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureMovesT3FRMc

tl2050stmo092313.plx

CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureMovesT3FRMr

ef2018stmo092313.plx

CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureMovesT3FRMr

ef2030stmo092313.plx

CreateAndPopulateAmazonDirStructureMovesT3FRMr

ef2050stmo092313.plx

These Perl scripts set up the runs and 

document them the MOVES runs.

CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsT3FRMctl2018stmo0

92313.plx

CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsT3FRMctl2030stmo0

92313.plx

CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsT3FRMctl2050stmo0

92313.plx

CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsT3FRMref2018stmo0

92313.plx

CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsT3FRMref2030stmo0

92313.plx

CreateBatchFilesForAmazonRunsT3FRMref2050stmo0

92313.plx

These Perl scripts create the batch 

files that execute and process the 

MOVES runs. They also document 

the code and default database for each 

run.

MOVES20121002f The MOVES code

movesdb20121002l_truncatedgfreim.zip MOVES default database

MovesUserDatabases The user databases specified in the 

runspecs
File or Folder Description

T3FRM_natinv_2018_1_template.mrs

T3FRM_natinv_2018_7_template.mrs

T3FRM_natinv_2030_1_template.mrs

T3FRM_natinv_2030_7_template.mrs

T3FRM_natinv_2050_1_template.mrs

T3FRM_natinv_2050_7_template.mrs

MOVES runspec templates used by

the "CreateAndPopulate" scripts to 

create the runspecs for every state and 

month.

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