title: Design and demonstration of a next-generation air quality attainment assessment system for PM2.5 and O3.
abstract: Due to the increasingly stringent standards, it is important to assess whether the proposed emission reduction will result in ambient concentrations that meet the standards. The Software for Model Attainment Test-Community Edition (SMAT-CE) is developed for demonstrating attainment of air quality standards of O3 and PM2.5. SMAT-CE improves computational efficiency and provides a number of advanced visualization and analytical functionalities on an integrated GIS platform. SMAT-CE incorporates historical measurements of air quality parameters and simulated air pollutant concentrations under a number of emission inventory scenarios to project the level of compliance to air quality standards in a targeted future year. An application case study of the software based on the U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) shows that SMAT-CE is capable of demonstrating the air quality attainment of annual PM2.5 and 8-hour O3 for a proposed emission control policy.
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, College of Environmental and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China. Electronic address: amy_wanghua@qq.com.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, College of Environmental and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. Electronic address: zhuyun@scut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: USEPA/Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards, RTP NC27711, USA.
authors.forename: Carey
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, College of Environmental and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China; Department of Civil Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710-0024, USA.
authors.forename: Che-Jen
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Shuxiao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-2010, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, College of Environmental and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China.
authors.forename: Junping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, College of Environmental and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China.
authors.forename: Dian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, College of Environmental and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China.
authors.forename: Xuezhen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, College of Environmental and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China.
authors.forename: Shicheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D010126:Ozone / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter; D010126:Ozone
keywords: Air pollution; Air quality standards; Attainment test; Emission control; GIS