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C.4 COMMPARISON<br />

OF O SIX LRT DISPERSION<br />

MMODELING<br />

USING CAPTTEX<br />

RELEASEE<br />

3<br />

The model<br />

performa ance <strong>of</strong> six LRRT<br />

dispersionn<br />

models (CAALPUFF,<br />

SCIPUFF,<br />

HYSPLLIT,<br />

FLEXPARRT,<br />

CAMx annd<br />

CALGRID) are evaluated<br />

using commmon<br />

MM55<br />

meteorologgical<br />

inputs a<strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> CAPPTEX<br />

Release 3 tracer expe eriment.<br />

C.4.1 SPATIAL<br />

ANAL LYSIS OF MOODEL<br />

PERFORMANCE<br />

The perfoormance<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> six LRT ddispersion<br />

mmodels<br />

using <strong>the</strong> four spaatial<br />

analysiss<br />

model<br />

performaance<br />

statics that were defined<br />

in Secction<br />

2.4 aree<br />

discussed iin<br />

this sectioon.<br />

Figure C‐ ‐19<br />

displays t<strong>the</strong><br />

FMS spa atial performmance<br />

metriccs<br />

for <strong>the</strong> sixx<br />

LRT modelss<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> CTTEX3<br />

tracer sstudy<br />

field expeeriment.<br />

Th he CAMx (39.4%)<br />

<strong>and</strong> SCIPUFF<br />

(35.2% %) models are<br />

<strong>the</strong> two bbest<br />

performming<br />

models for<br />

<strong>the</strong> FMS statistic. s They<br />

are followwed<br />

by HYSPPLIT<br />

(33.9%), , <strong>CALPUFF</strong> (332.2%),<br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

FLEXPART<br />

(32.1%). CALGRID C hass<br />

<strong>the</strong> poorest<br />

score for <strong>the</strong><br />

FMS statistics<br />

with a value <strong>of</strong> only<br />

24.1%.<br />

Figure C‐ ‐19. Figure <strong>of</strong> o Merit in SSpace<br />

(FMS) ) statistical pperformancee<br />

metric for <strong>the</strong> six LRT<br />

models a<strong>and</strong><br />

CAPTEX Release 3.<br />

Figure C‐ ‐20 displays <strong>the</strong> FAR performance<br />

mmetric<br />

for <strong>the</strong>e<br />

six LRT models.<br />

FLEXPAART<br />

was <strong>the</strong>e<br />

best perfforming<br />

mod del using <strong>the</strong>e<br />

FAR statistics<br />

with a sccore<br />

<strong>of</strong> 54.1% %. The next two best<br />

performing<br />

models using u <strong>the</strong> FAR<br />

was CAMxx<br />

(64.8%) <strong>and</strong>d<br />

SCIPUFF (771.2%).<br />

CALLPUFF<br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

HYSPLIT eexhibited<br />

sim milar performmance<br />

for thhe<br />

FAR metrric<br />

with valuees<br />

<strong>of</strong> 74.3% <strong>and</strong> 79.3%<br />

respectivvely.<br />

CALGRID<br />

had <strong>the</strong> wworst<br />

FAR sccore<br />

with a vvalue<br />

<strong>of</strong> 91.77%.<br />

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