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Table C‐3. CAMx FMS <strong>and</strong> POD spatial performance statistic <strong>and</strong> model rankings for different<br />

model configurations with <strong>and</strong> without using <strong>the</strong> PiG subgrid‐scale puff model for CAPTEX<br />

Release 5.<br />

Model<br />

Configuration<br />

Without PiG Module With PiG Module NoPiG‐PiG<br />

FMS POD FMS POD ΔFMS ΔPOD<br />

OB70/BOTT 23.48 33.33 21.54 27.78 ‐1.9% ‐5.6%<br />

OB70/PPM 24.62 33.33 22.05 33.33 ‐2.6% 0%<br />

TKE/BOTT 23.85 55.56 22.83 55.56 ‐1.0% 0%<br />

TKE/PPM 24.6 55.56 21.49 50 ‐3.1% ‐5.6%<br />

ACM2/BOTT 23.53 44.44 23.26 33.33 ‐0.3% ‐11.1%<br />

ACM2/PPM 23.31 44.44 23.08 44.44 ‐0.2% 0%<br />

CMAQ/BOTT 22.48 61.11 22.66 61.11 0.2% 0%<br />

CMAQ/PPM 22.66 61.11 23.2 61.11 0.5% 0%<br />

Table C‐4 summarizes <strong>the</strong> RANK model performance statistic for <strong>the</strong> different CAMx model<br />

configurations with <strong>and</strong> without using <strong>the</strong> PiG module. The results for <strong>the</strong> global statistics are<br />

somewhat varied across <strong>the</strong> Kz/advection solver configurations. OB70, ACM2, <strong>and</strong> CMAQ/BOTT<br />

showed slight improvements in <strong>the</strong>ir RANK score when using <strong>the</strong> PiG module (improvements<br />

ranged from 0.7% to 5.4%). However, <strong>the</strong> TKE combinations experienced performance<br />

degradations with changes ranging from ‐3.5% to 4.0%.<br />

Table C‐4. CAMx RANK model performance statistic <strong>and</strong> model rankings for different model<br />

configurations with <strong>and</strong> without using <strong>the</strong> PiG subgrid‐scale puff model for CAPTEX Release 5.<br />

Without PiG Module With PiG Module PiG‐NoPiG<br />

Model<br />

Model<br />

Model<br />

Configuration RANK Ranking RANK Ranking ΔRANK Percent<br />

OB70/BOTT 8 1.33 1.34 8 +0.01 +0.7%<br />

OB70/PPM 7 1.34 1.35 7 +0.01 +0.7%<br />

TKE/BOTT 4 1.71 1.65 4 ‐0.06 ‐3.5%<br />

TKE/PPM 3 1.73 1.67 3 ‐0.07 ‐4.0%<br />

ACM2/BOTT 5 1.50 1.58 5 +0.08 +5.0%<br />

ACM2/PPM 6 1.48 1.56 6 +0.08 +5.4%<br />

CMAQ/BOTT 1 a 1.92 1.95 1 +0.03 +1.5%<br />

CMAQ/PPM 2 a a<br />

tied<br />

1.92 1.92 2 0.0 0.0%<br />

In general, it is difficult to discern a consistent pattern <strong>of</strong> performance across <strong>the</strong> Kz/advection<br />

solver combinations when using <strong>the</strong> CAMx subgrid scale PiG module or not. There appears to<br />

be only modest benefit in cases where performance improvement is detected <strong>and</strong> only modest<br />

degradation in model performance when <strong>the</strong> PiG module causes a worsening <strong>of</strong> model<br />

performance. The CAMx PiG module was originally developed primarily to treat <strong>the</strong> near‐<br />

source chemistry <strong>of</strong> large point source plumes that can be quite different from its surrounding<br />

environment. The decision to employ <strong>the</strong> CAMx puff module relates not so much in<br />

improvement advection <strong>and</strong> diffusion performance, but ra<strong>the</strong>r whe<strong>the</strong>r or not it is appropriate<br />

to allow emissions <strong>of</strong> ozone <strong>and</strong> secondary PM2.5 precursors from large point sources to be<br />

instantaneously mixed into <strong>the</strong> grid <strong>and</strong> what impact this would have on local chemical<br />

reactions.<br />

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