Table 1.
Simulations used for health impact assessment in this study, conducted by Zhang et al (2016), and the three additional sector simulations for this study. Boundary conditions are from the MOZART-4 (MZ4) simulations of WEST2013. Global methane (CH4) background concentrations are fixed in CMAQ, consistent with the RCPs and WEST2013. All the simulations are run for three consecutive years, with four months spin-up.
| Years | Scenario | Emissions | Meteorology | BCs | CH4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | S_2000 | 2000 | 2000 | MZ4 2000 | 1766 ppbv |
| 2050 | S_REF | REF | RCP8.5 | MZ4 REF | 2267 ppbv |
| S_RCP45 | RCP4.5 | RCP4.5 | MZ4 RCP4.5 | 1833 ppbv | |
| S_Emis | RCP4.5 | RCP8.5 | MZ4 e45m85 | 1833 ppbv | |
| S_Dom | aRCP4.5 for US | RCP8.5 | MZ4 REF | 2267 ppbv | |
| S_indUS | bRCP4.5 for US Industry | RCP8.5 | MZ4 REF | 2267 ppbv | |
| S_resUS | bRCP4.5 for US Residential | RCP8.5 | MZ4 REF | 2267 ppbv | |
| S_eneUS | bRCP4.5 for US Energy | RCP8.5 | MZ4 REF | 2267 ppbv |
a
apply emissions from RCP4.5 in US and from REF in the parts of Canada and Mexico within the domain.
b
only one sector of emissions from RCP4.5 (e.g., industry, residential and energy) are used, and emissions in other sectors over the US are from REF, as are emissions over Canada and Mexico in the domain.