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BASEB<br />

EXP1B<br />

EXP1D<br />

EXP3B<br />

Rank (RANK) (Perfect = 4)<br />

EXP3D<br />

EXP4B<br />

EXP4D<br />

Figure ES‐2. RANK performance statistics for CTEX3 <strong>CALPUFF</strong> sensitivity tests that used<br />

RMAX1/RMAX2 = 100/200 (“B” series) or no observations in CALMET (“D” series) <strong>and</strong> various<br />

CALMET/MM5 grid resolutions plus CALMET/MMIF using 36 <strong>and</strong> 12 km MM5 data.<br />

Table ES‐3 ranks all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>CALPUFF</strong> CTEX3 sensitivity tests using <strong>the</strong> RANK statistics. It is<br />

interesting to note that <strong>the</strong> EXP3A <strong>and</strong> EXP4A <strong>CALPUFF</strong>/CALMET sensitivity test that uses <strong>the</strong>,<br />

respectively, 36 km <strong>and</strong> 12 km MM5 data with 12 km CALMET grid resolution <strong>and</strong><br />

RMAX1/RMAX2 values <strong>of</strong> 500/1000 have a rank metric that is third highest, but <strong>the</strong> same model<br />

configuration with alternative RMAX1/RMAX2 values <strong>of</strong> 10/100 (EXP3C <strong>and</strong> EXP4C) degrades<br />

<strong>the</strong> model performance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>CALPUFF</strong> configuration according to <strong>the</strong> RANK statistic, with a<br />

RANK value <strong>of</strong> 1.12. This is largely due to decreases in <strong>the</strong> FMS <strong>and</strong> KS metrics.<br />

Note that <strong>the</strong> finding that <strong>CALPUFF</strong>/CALMET model performance using CALMET wind fields<br />

based on setting RMAX1/RMAX2 = 100/200 (i.e., <strong>the</strong> “B” series) produces worse <strong>CALPUFF</strong><br />

model performance for simulating <strong>the</strong> observed atmospheric tracer concentrations is in<br />

contrast to <strong>the</strong> CALMET surface wind field comparison that found <strong>the</strong> “B” series most closely<br />

matched observations at surface meteorological stations. Since <strong>the</strong> <strong>CALPUFF</strong> tracer evaluation<br />

is an independent evaluation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CALMET/<strong>CALPUFF</strong> modeling system, whereas <strong>the</strong> CALMET<br />

surface wind evaluation is not, <strong>the</strong> <strong>CALPUFF</strong> tracer evaluation may be a better indication <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

best performing CALMET configuration. The CALMET “B” series approach for blending <strong>the</strong> wind<br />

observations in <strong>the</strong> wind fields may just be <strong>the</strong> best approach for getting <strong>the</strong> CALMET winds to<br />

match <strong>the</strong> observations at <strong>the</strong> monitoring sites, but possibly at <strong>the</strong> expense <strong>of</strong> degrading <strong>the</strong><br />

wind fields away from <strong>the</strong> monitoring sites resulting in worse overall depiction <strong>of</strong> transport<br />

conditions.<br />

Table ES‐3. Final Rankings <strong>of</strong> <strong>CALPUFF</strong> CTEX3 Sensitivity Tests using <strong>the</strong> RANK model<br />

performance statistics.<br />

EXP5B<br />

15<br />

EXP5D<br />

EXP6B<br />

EXP6D<br />

12KM_MMIF<br />

36KM_MMIF<br />

(1‐KS/100)<br />

FMS/100<br />

(1‐FB/2)<br />

R^2

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