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models for CTEX5, <strong>and</strong> is arguably <strong>the</strong> worst performing model. Adaptation <strong>of</strong> RANK score for<br />

regulatory use will likely require refinement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> individual components to insure that this<br />

situation does not develop <strong>and</strong> to insure that <strong>the</strong> regulatory requirement <strong>of</strong> bias be accounted<br />

for when weighting <strong>the</strong> individual statistical measures to produce a composite score.<br />

Table C‐6. Summary <strong>of</strong> model rankings using <strong>the</strong> statistical performance metrics <strong>and</strong><br />

comparison with <strong>the</strong> RANK metric.<br />

Statistic 1 st 2 nd 3 rd<br />

4 th<br />

5 th<br />

6 th<br />

FMS SCIPUFF CAMx HYSPLIT <strong>CALPUFF</strong> FLEXPART CALGRID<br />

FAR FLEXPART HYSPLIT CAMx SCIPUFF CALGRID <strong>CALPUFF</strong><br />

POD SCIPUFF CAMx HYSPLIT FLEXPART <strong>CALPUFF</strong> CALGRID<br />

TS FLEXPART HYSPLIT CAMx SCIPUFF <strong>CALPUFF</strong> CALGRID<br />

FOEX <strong>CALPUFF</strong> CAMx HYSPLIT CALGRID SCIPUFF FLEXPART<br />

FA2 HYSPLIT CAMx <strong>CALPUFF</strong> SCIPUFF FLEXPART CALGRID<br />

FA5 HYSPLIT CAMx SCIPUFF <strong>CALPUFF</strong> FLEXPART CALGRID<br />

NMSE CAMx SCIPUFF FLEXPART HYSPLIT <strong>CALPUFF</strong> CALGRID<br />

PCC or R HYSPLIT CAMx SCIPUFF FLEXPART CALGRID <strong>CALPUFF</strong><br />

FB CAMx CALGRID FLEXPART SCIPUFF HYSPLIT <strong>CALPUFF</strong><br />

KS HYSPLIT <strong>CALPUFF</strong> CALGRID CAMx FLEXPART SCIPUFF<br />

Avg. Ranking CAMx HYSPLIT SCIPUFF FLEXPART <strong>CALPUFF</strong> CALGRID<br />

Avg. Score 2.20 2.4 3.4 3.8 4.3 5.0<br />

RANK Ranking CAMx HYSPLIT CALGRID SCIPUFF FLEXPART <strong>CALPUFF</strong><br />

RANK 1.91 1.80 1.57 1.53 1.45 1.28<br />

C.5.3 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS OF CAPTEX LRT MODEL EVALUATION<br />

Following <strong>the</strong> ATMES‐II evaluation paradigm described in Section 2.4.3.1 (spatial) <strong>and</strong> 2.4.3.3<br />

(global), <strong>the</strong> performance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> six LRT dispersion models described in Section 2.2 have been<br />

evaluated for <strong>the</strong> Cross Appalachian Tracer Experiment (CAPTEX) Releases 3 <strong>and</strong> 5.<br />

Sensitivities <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> INITD (particle/puff) configuration for HYSPLIT <strong>and</strong> Kz/advection solver<br />

combination for CAMx were examined for each CAPTEX release as well as in intercomparison <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> model performance for <strong>the</strong> six models.<br />

The model sensitivity results for HYSPLIT <strong>and</strong> CAMx are largely comparable to <strong>the</strong> conclusions<br />

from those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ETEX experiment. For HYSPLIT, <strong>the</strong> puff‐particle hybrid configurations appear<br />

to <strong>of</strong>fer a distinct performance advantage over ei<strong>the</strong>r HYSPLIT’s pure particle or puff based<br />

formulations. For CAMx, <strong>the</strong> CMAQ Kz option typically performs <strong>the</strong> best, followed closely by<br />

TKE. The OB70 combination consistently performs <strong>the</strong> poorest for both CAPTEX releases. The<br />

evaluation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CAMx model’s subgrid scale PiG module generally yields slightly<br />

degraded performance statistics over <strong>the</strong> NoPiG option.<br />

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