CALPUFF and Postprocessors

Table F-1 (Concluded)
Input Groups in the CALPUFF Control File
Input
Group
Description
8 Dry deposition parameters - Particles
Geometric mass mean diameter, geometric standard deviation
9 Miscellaneous dry deposition parameters
Reference cuticle and ground resistances, reference pollutant reactivity, vegetation state
10 Wet deposition parameters
Scavenging coefficients for each pollutant and precipitation type (liquid and frozen
precipitation)
11 Chemistry parameters
Control variables for input of ozone data, background ozone and ammonia
concentrations, nighttime transformation rates
12 Miscellaneous dispersion parameters and computational parameters
Vertical dispersion constants, dispersion rate above the boundary layer, crossover
distance to time-dependent dispersion coefficients, land use associated with urban
dispersion, site characterization parameters for single-point meteorological data files,
sampling constraints, puff-splitting controls, plume path coefficients, wind speed powerlaw
exponents, default temperature gradients and wind speed classes
13a,b,c,d
14a,b,c,d
15a,b,c
16a,b,c
17a,b
Point source parameters
Point source data including source location, elevation, stack parameters, emissions, units,
building dimensions, variable emissions cycle
Area source parameters
Area source data including source location, effective height, elevation, initial sigmas,
emissions, units, variable emissions cycle
Line source parameters
Buoyant line source data including source location, elevation, line length, buoyancy
parameters, release height, emissions, units, variable emissions cycle
Volume source parameters
Volume source data including source location, elevation, effective height, initial size
data, emissions, units, variable emissions cycle
Non-gridded (discrete) receptor information
Receptor coordinates and ground elevation
MAR 2006 – CALPUFF
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