8.10.11. SMKMERGE_GROUPS: Source apportionment groups

The SMKMERGE_GROUPS file is used to define groups of sources when processing emissions for source apportionment. See Section 4.4.24, “Output source apportionment data” for general information about using source apportionment in SMOKE. Movesmrg and Smkmerge read this file when SMK_SRCGROUP_OUTPUT_YN is set to Y.

When reading the SMKMERGE_GROUPS file, SMOKE will skip lines with data that doesn't apply to the current source category. Lines that contain a plant ID or point ID will be skipped when processing area, biogenic, or mobile sources. Lines containing an SCC will be skipped when processing biogenic sources.

If SMOKE encounters lines with duplicate grouping information (i.e. FIPS, SCC, point source characteristics), an error will be printed to the log and the program will quit.

Multiple grouping criteria can be assigned to the same source group ID by using additional lines. In the example below, all sources with SCCs 2102001000, 2102002000, and 2102004000 will be assigned to source group 1.

1 0 2102001000
1 0 2102002000
1 0 2102004000

If the source grouping file contains a line with all blank or zero source characteristics, SMOKE will use the given source group number as the default group rather than zero. For example, if the following line is included in the SMKMERGE_GROUPS file, the default source group number will be 40 instead of 0.

40 0 0 0 0  # default group number will be 40 instead of 0

The format of the SMKMERGE_GROUPS file is shown in Table 8.114, “Format for SMKMERGE_GROUPS.

Table 8.114. Format for SMKMERGE_GROUPS

Line Position Description
1+ A Source group number, zero is reserved for default source group (Integer) (required)
  B

Country/state/county code (6-digit Integer YSSCCC) (optional):

  • leave blank or enter zero if not country/state-dependent
  • set to YSS000 for country/state-dependent
  • set to YSSCCC for county-dependent
  C 10-digit SCC (Character) (optional, set to zero if not SCC-dependent)
  D Plant ID (Character) (optional; leave blank for not plant-specific)
  E Point ID (Character) (optional; leave blank for not point-specific)