MEDITRoad ver. 1.0 User's Manual
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1. MEDITRoad ver 1 0 User s Manual n P CHANG Guillaume GABORIT June 2004 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual Summary SU E e ds a elas 2 A A cade amas t heal lead ete MoM ace Cadell teas tak at Toc BS E aaa 4 1 1 Systemi TEQUITEMENUS uni iaa 4 1 2 tai 4 1 3 Initialisation of MEDITRoad ia AA 4 2 Basis of MEDITRoad OvervieW sesessssesesesressessrssressessrssressteseesresseesreserssressessrssees 4 2 1 Top down techniques on different spatial scales oonnonnncnncninccnnnccionaconcconccnnnnoo 4 2 2 The Meso scale Identifica a 4 2 3 General princi tee ae Jeera tase cahdlac da a a a ae aaa 5 z APNG MA es 7 3 1 A A O marae E E 7 3 2 How to manage files New Open Save oooonoconiccnnonnconcconnnconccconocanncnnnccon coco nocnnnos 7 A A a a a a 8 4 1 Kun identico 8 4 2 Territorial units TU IATA id 8 5 Natonal to Meso PAS AA A A 10 5 1 National to Meso Command borda 10 5 2 National COPERT parameter Valdes a idas 11 5 3 CAS rad 12 5 4 ROTTEN e EA EK EEEE R iei 13 5 5 A vubecensgal ae 16 Hd Theoretical principles recall 22 0 vox awk ld as 16 NDS Allocati n POTES A A nee S 17 5 6 Exporting Result iii id 18 5 7 M naging the fe sults ess 05 cetaceans bd 19 Ga Meso to Local Ievelpnase ce att dende ias 20 6 1 Meso to Local Command board A is 20 6 2 Importation of COPERT Meso activities and EF by SNAP nsss 21 6 3 A c i ences de2. It consists of five steps plus one help menu This latter gives an overview of all the procedure of this phase and describes in the broad outlines the modus operandi and some major remarks for each step Note If Meso Level is not defined or in case Meso level is the national level this menu is not available 5 2 National COPERT parameter values Step 1 imports COPERT parameters at National level For MEDITRoad a selection of allocatable COPERT parameters have been made They are the 7 following ones Consumption Mean speed Urban Rural and Highway Mileage Monthly temperature min max Traffic mode share Urban Rural and Highway Trip length Vehicle fleet E National Values for COPERT Parameters aaan COPERT Parameters National Values Import Execute Import C Direct entry Parameter Category Class Technology Value Unt Consumption Gasoline Leaded Consumption Gasoline Unleaded Consumption Diesel A Consumption LPG Mileage Passenger Cars Gasoline lt 1 4 PRE ECE Mileage Passenger Cars Gasoline lt 1 4 ECE 15 00 01 Mileage Passenger Cars Gasoline lt 1 4 ECE 15 02 Mileage Passenger Cars Gasoline lt 1 4 ECE 15 03 Mileage Passenger Cars Gasoline lt 1 4 ECE 15 04 Mileage Passenger Cars Gasoline lt 1 4 Improved Conventional Mileage Passenger Cars Gasoline lt 1 4 Open Loop Mileage Passenger Cars Gasoline lt 1 4 Euro 91 441 EEC Mileage Passenger Cars Gasolin
3. ML af on pk sur 2 To add a new TU 1 Select the parent level by clicking on the appropriate option button on left of the screen It can be seen that the current TU level is then indicated by the option list in the middle of the screen 2 In the TU list besides the Parent TU level selection buttons choose the parent TU 3 In the table on the right side of the screen you can see all the daughter TU of the parent unit To add a new unit simply type its code on the last row of the table and its name An alternative way is to click on the Add New button at the right of the table Note e Code and name are compulsory fields e You can t give the same code or the same name to 2 TU otherwise an error message will appear e It is possible to paste a TU list This can be useful in case for example you have already listed all TU Code and name within a spreadsheet Then select and copy all daughter TUs of a selected parent TU in your spreadsheet Select the empty row of the table within the MEDITRoad form and hit Ctrl V It is important to notice that if the current level has been defined as Meso or Local you must NOT paste e A level TU can be selected as a Parent level only if at least one TU has been defined Otherwise the option button is shaded and not enabled e Atany time it is possible to modify the code or the name of a TU directly in the table Due to the TU definition procedure the relationships between all TU
4. However raw traffic counting should not be used directly as an indicator as they are directly representative of a frequency rather than of the traffic volume Indicators can be taken as traffic counting x length of road section These indicators will be used to allocate the fraction of Meso activity defined in the previous step onto all the LLS Definition of Traffic Counting for LLS TRAFFIC INDICATOR ISSUED FROM TRAFFIC COUNTING FOR LLS Select Traffic Counting type COPERT Activity Allocation for LLS Modify Delete Cancel o gB K D Select a SNAP eine PASSENGER CARS HIGHWAY DRIVING TC1 PASSENGER CARS RURAL DRIVING Tcl PASSENGER CARS URBAN DRIVING TC 4 LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t HIGHWAY E TC1 TC name LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t RURAL DRI TC1 TCI LP LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5t URBAN DRI TC1 P HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 tAND BUSES TC1 LLS Code LLS Name TC value HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5t AND BUSES TC1 HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 tAND BUSES TC1 ALB72L1 autoroute rurale Ad 10000 MOPEDS AND MOTORCYCLES lt 50CM3 TCI AL672N1 nationale rurale N363 3 MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 HIGHWAY DRIVI TC1 AL672N2 nationale rurale N62 5 MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 RURAL DRIVING TC1 ALB72N3 nationale rurale N63 4 MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 URBAN DRIVING TC1 6 8 AQ241N1 nationale rurale N21 GASOLINE EVAPORATION FROM VEHICLES TC1 AQ241N2 nationale rurale N89 After having defined the traffic counting type and en
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7. free of charge at http vergina eng auth gr mech lat copert copert htm 1 2 Installation From the CD e Close all applications e Insert the MEDITRoad CD in the CD player e Within Winzip Open the zip file from the CD Extract it into a new folder on your hard disk An evaluation version of Winzip free of charge is available at http www winzip com e Within Windows choose Start Execute Click on Browse and then select the file setup exe on the extraction folder Click on the OK button of the Execute dialog box to start the installation e Follow instructions on the screen 1 3 Initialisation of MEDITRoad For the very first use MEDITRoad needs to refresh links according to the user s path of installation After having refreshed links MEDITRoad close Start it again to begin using MEDITRoad 2 Basis of MEDITRoad Overview 2 1 Top down techniques on different spatial scales The proposed top down approach for the emission inventories of the road transport is based on two complementary top down techniques to be applied on different spatial scales e A Meso scale top down process from national level to the Meso scale using the principle of the spatial assignation of COPERT input data COPERT parameters followed by the COPERT model application on Meso scale level and harmonisation process with the national level e A finer scale top down process based on the principle of spatial allocation of COPERT output
8. parameters are calculated by the COPERT model So in the Data97 xls file Beta parameter is set to zero 5 7 Managing the results So that MEDITRoad can take advantage of COPERT improvements MEDITRoad does not include COPERT algorithms Data97 xls files contain input data for COPERT Before acceding to MEDITRoad phase 2 Meso to Local you need to close MEDITRoad and to open COPERT Indeed MEDITRoad Phase 2 needs activity and emission factors for all SNAP codes and for all Meso TU and this are provided thanks to COPERT Creation of Meso activity and EF files For all Meso TU 1 Import the Data97 xls generated by MEDITRoad within COPERT File Import from Excel97 2 Run COPERT with each Data97 xls It may be necessary to calculate beta values if this parameter was let to zero in the Data97 xls file In this purpose within COPERT click on Recalculate beta via Country Cold start parameters Skipping this step beta recalculation can result in having no emissions for cold starts 3 Use COPERT exportation functionality for ImportER in COPERT III v 2 3 File Export to ImportER COPERT create then two files one file named COP_ACT dbf containing activity data and another one COP_ EF dbf containing EF data These files should for convenience be saved in the appropriate folder generated by MEDITRoad already containing the Data97 xls file Do not rename these files National Case In order to normalised Meso acti
9. 10 502 070101 MOTOR GASOL Catalyst 10502 070101 LPG 10 502 070102 DIESEL OIL 10502 070102 MOTOR GASOLINE 2 strokes engines 10502 070102 MOTOR GASOLINE Conventional 10 502 070102 MOTOR GASOLINE Catalyst 10 502 070102 LPG 10502 070103 DIESEL OIL 10 502 070103 MOTOR GASOL 2 strokes engines Enr 14 1 gt gt I sur 1504 owe UN To add a new point in a profile 1 Select whether you want to deal with Speed or Temperature profile by ticking the appropriate option box Note only elected options are enabled 2 In the Add New Run Frame precise what is the value of the variable parameter for speeds give the value of the speed for temperature give the mean of the min and the max of the monthly temperature cf section Selection of options 3 Optional in the comment field you can add a text which will appear besides the loaded run box when this run will be select 4 Click on the Import button 5 Select the COP_EF file to import To remove a point from a profile 1 Select whether you want to deal with Speed or Temperature profile by ticking the appropriate option box 2 Select the run to delete by clicking in the list box 3 Click on the Delete button Note Data will be definitely lost CITEPA June 2004 34 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 6 6 3 Speed allocation MEDITRoad allows two allocation types for Local speeds National report Direct entry Affin
10. 3 Click on the Edit button 4 Select an allocation type in the list 5 According to the chosen type build the repartition key by filling in the formula s fields case of simple linear or affine allocation 6 Click on the OK Validate button to validate the formula and to launch the calculation Note e The allocation formula is saved only when clicking on the OK Validate button e All couple parameter vehicle category must be allocated Particular cases e Linked parameters in MEDITRoad the traffic mode share is a singular parameter as its three components are linked for all vehicle category class technology traffic share on Urban Rural CITEPA June 2004 17 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual Highway is 100 Because of this interdependency the calculation sequences can only be launch when the three linked parameter for a considered vehicle category have an allocation formula So for the two first out of the three MEDITRoad only store the allocation formula without performing any calculation e Consistency check for some parameters additive or linked parameters a Consistency check button appears beneath the Edit button This functionality is useful in case of direct entry It checks that sum of the additive parameter on all Meso TU is equal to its value at national level or that the sum of linked parameters is equal to 100 for each Meso TU Default Allocation In order to facilitate the work of the op
11. 3 LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t URBAN DRIVING 070301 HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUSES HIGH 070302 HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUSES RUR 070303 HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUSES URB 070400 MOPEDS AND MOTORCYCLES lt 50 CM3 070501 MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 HIGHWAY DRIVING 070502 MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 RURAL DRIVING 070503 MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 URBAN DRIVING 070600 GASOLINE EVAPORATION FROM VEHICLES Enr 14 44 1 Pr sur 2 To add a new speed 1 Click on the Add speed button 2 Select a SNAP 3 Select a LLS 4 Indicate the speed value in km h To modify a speed value It is possible to modify the value of the speed directly in the table CITEPA June 2004 27 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual To delete a speed reference 1 Select the data you want to delete 2 Click on the cell containing the value to delete and click the delete button on the upper right corner of the table An alternative way is to select the entire row by clicking in the column at the left of the vehicle category column and to hit the del key of your keyboard Note This menu is available only if speed has been elected to refine EF To choose option go to step 2 Selection of options 6 5 Area sources For each Local TU area source is the complementary of the LLS 6 5 1 Indicators Distribution keys used for the spatial allocation of Meso activity values are built f
12. RCYCLES gt 50 CM3 URBAN DRIVII GASOLINE EVAPORATION FROM VEHICLE Enr 14 JT gt gt i CITEPA June 2004 29 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual To add a new reference 1 Click on the Add reference button 2 Select a parameter 3 Select the Meso TU 4 Indicate the reference value To modify a reference value It is possible to modify the value of the reference directly in the table To delete a reference 1 Select the reference you want to delete 2 Click on the cell containing the value of the reference and click the delete button on the upper right corner of the table An alternative way is to select the entire row by clicking in the column at the left of the vehicle category column and to hit the del key of your keyboard 6 5 3 Activity allocation MEDITRoad allows three allocation types Simple allocation Linear Y aX without retrofitting Linear Y aX with retrofitting To obtain more details on allocation process cf section 5 5 1 as far as same allocation principles are used at Meso and Local levels E Activity Allocation for Area Sources SNAP Selection Allocation type 070101 PASSENGER CARS HIGHWAY DRIVING r Allocation type Note PASSENGER CARS RURAL DRIVING Boa Simple allocation use a single indicator to allocate PASSENGER CARS URBAN DRIVING Simple Linear with without retrofitting permits to built a complex indicator LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES
13. Road enable to define large linear sources i e main roads They have to be defined within the local TU frontiers as illustrated below so Local TU can be considered as parent TU for LLS LES TU H1 LLS TU H3 LES TU H2 LLS splitting following Local TU frontiers To avoid double counting LLS activities for a given Local TU are deducted from the entire Local TU Finally the total activity or emissions on a given Local TU will be the sum of the activities for all of the LLS belonging to the Local TU plus the balance activity which will be attributed to the Area source of the Local TU Activity noc yy Activity rea Source T Y Activity la LLSeLocalTU This option is particularly useful to improve spatialisation of the main pollutant emission sources such as highways If this option is intended to be used traffic counting must be known for all LLS section CITEPA June 2004 22 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 6 3 2 Speed In COPERT algorithms EF for hot emissions are dependent on speed MEDITRoad propose to allocate mean speed on each local TU and then to use it with an abacus in order to refine emission factors The same kind of allocation process as in National to Meso phase will be performed to allocate speed So if this option is intended to be use you must either already have calculated speed using a third part model or you must be able to define different indicators for all Loc
14. To allocate the speed for a given SNAP 1 Select a SNAP in the list box 2 Click on the Edit button 3 Select an allocation type in the list 4 According to the chosen type build the distribution key by filling in the formula s fields affine allocation 5 Click on the OK Validate button to validate the formula and to launch the calculation Note e The allocation formula is saved only when clicking on the OK Validate button e All SNAP must be allocated Default Allocation In order to facilitate the work of the operator MEDITRoad proposes a default allocation for the majority of SNAP activities It is not to be considered as a default method like the default methods of the CORINAIR guidebook More exactly it is a starting point which allows the expert to have an approximate proposal that it will be necessary for him to refine in order to adapt it to his particular situation The default indicators relates to the situation of the French Regional Air Quality Plan inventory of 1994 To use a default allocation click on the default allocation parameters button after having click on the Edit button To consult allocation result 1 Select a SNAP in the list box 2 Click on the Consult button CITEPA June 2004 35 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 6 7 Results exportation The final step of the phase 2 Meso to Local is the exportation of the allocated EF and activities Results aggregation MEDITRo
15. ad allows final results to be aggregated The finest level available is the local one while the most global is the national Every level between these two extremes is authorized amp Export Data Results Exportation Aggregation Level Choose the TU level for which results should be exported 4 knowing that Meso Level 2 Local Level 4 Processing Basic Checks Meso Normalisation Perform Area Sources Activity Allocation Perform LLS Activity Allocation Perform speed Allocation Perform EF refinement through speed Perform EF refinement through temperature Local Normalisation Export results to Excel files Close Just like the Meso exporting module during this final step all the calculation sequence is performed in addition to the EF refining and the local normalisation Following are listed all the actions undertaken Basic check in particular checks that all SNAP are allocated Meso Normalisation AS activity allocation LLS activity allocation Speed allocation Correction of EF using speed Correction of EF using temperature Normalisation of Local results Export results To launch results exportation 1 Select a level of data aggregation within the combo box 2 Click on Start 3 Select the folder in which you want MEDITRoad to create results files During the exporting procedure MEDITRoad informs you of its progress If one step fully succeeds a green tick appears besi
16. al TU e g urban population rural surface length of main roads etc 6 3 3 Temperature In COPERT algorithms EF for cold start emission and evaporation are dependent on temperature MEDITRoad propose to use temperature to refine emission factors If this option is intended to be used the temperature must be known for all Local and Meso TU This option is mainly recommended in case where Meso level is national level and so phase 1 National to Meso have not been used to refine parameters in particular temperature at Meso level To fill in temperature tables After having ticked the option box you have to fill in the tables at the left of the form There are two superimposed tables The upper one deals with Local TU temperature while the lower one concerns Meso TU temperature Temperatures to enter the tables are a mean of the min and the max of the monthly temperatures for each TU 5 dal Le T min j i Tiag 2 k Where Tmin is the monthly average min temperature Tmax is the monthly average max temperature i is a Local or Meso TU index j is a month index k is the number of month considered If the study concerns a whole year k 12 CITEPA June 2004 23 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 6 4 Larges Linear Sources LLS This LLS menu is available only if LLS have been elected during option selection 6 4 1 Definition of LLS As for area sources the fir
17. all Meso TU 3 Indicators Definition Select Indicator code TU name TU Indic value Only Additive indicators must be ALODODO ALSACE x 0 Length National Roz defined at 00000 AQUITAINE 00 Population Rural If a non additive one is needed it will 0000 AUVERGNE 00 T 0 ion be possible during allocation process solr E hal to built it From two additive indicators 00000 BASSE NORMANDIE Surface Rural For example density Non Additive is 00000 BOURGOGNE Surface Total obtained through Population gt Surfaca Urb Additive divided by Surface DODO BRETAGNE DM Additive 0000 CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE Indicator s name Unit 00000 CENTRE Length Highway km a 0000 CORSE 00000 FRANCHE COMTE 00000 HAUTE NORMANDIE 000 LIMOUSIN 000 LORRAINE New Modify Delete Cancel 0000 LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON 00000 MIDI PYRENEES E SS MIDA MANN MASC NE CAL AIC Enr 14 1 gt j sur 21 To build a new indicator 1 Click on the New button 2 In the above appropriate text boxes indicate the indicator s name and the unit of the data it represents 3 Click on OK to validate Important note Due to the algorithms used in the allocation procedure only additive indicators must be defined It is yet possible to use a non additive indicator if necessary Within the allocation step you can construct the non additive indicator e g density by using two additive indicators e g Population and Surfac
18. all the allocation calculation sequence is performed This ensures that the latest modifications are taken into account for example if an indicator s value has been updated after initial allocation Check consistency for additive and linked parameters MEDITRoad check that data are consistent for more detail cf section allocation Note that unlike the other exportation steps even if a mistake is found in the consistency check it is possible to continue the procedure Export results to Excel files MEDITRoad generates for all Meso TU a folder named with the Meso TU code which contains a Data97 xls file with the Meso TU data CITEPA June 2004 18 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual Export Data Results Exportation Check allocation definition Perform Final calculation Check consistency Export results to Excel Files Close To launch the exportation 1 Click on the start button 2 When asked choose a folder where to put result files 3 And select using the browser the Data97 xls file containing National data Note e Concerning point 3 it is vital that the Data97 xls file is the one containing National data Indeed because some parameters can hardly be allocated MEDITRoad does not import essential COPERT data such as fuel sulphur content for instance In the national Data97 xls file all the cells must be filled in so they can be re used for all Meso Nevertheless generally the Beta COPERT
19. are automatically created and no additional information is required To delete a TU 1 Select Parent TU level then Parent TU so that the TU to delete is in table on the right 2 Click in the row to delete and then click the Delete button on the right side of the table An alternative way consist of selecting the entire row of the TU by clicking on the left column of the table beside code s column and then hitting Del on your keyboard Note When a TU is deleted all depending data are automatically erased In particular all daughter level are definitely lost as well as indicators or references if the level of the TU was defined as Meso or Local level CITEPA June 2004 9 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual TU definition overview At any time you can have an overview of the TU definition by clicking on the Check button This can be helpful to see if all TU at a level have been defined or not Set Meso and Local level The setting of the Meso and the Local level is a milestone in MEDITRoad When selecting a level for these two cases internal procedures perform numerous operations This is why is it highly preferable that the TU definition is complete before choosing which TU level is the Meso or Local 1 Click on New Meso Local Def A message box appears and then the field for Meso selection is enabled The field for Local level selection remains shaded until the Meso level is defined 2 Select the Meso lev
20. are overwrited To import files for National level 1 Click on the national import button which is located in the Normalisation frame on the right of the form 2 Follow the same procedure as described in Meso case To normalise Meso data Before launching the normalisation procedure all Meso files and national files must have been imported In any case before normalising MEDITRoad will check this point and will break the procedure if some data are lacking To launch calculation click on the Normalise Meso ACT and EF button located in the Normalisation frame on the right of the form CITEPA June 2004 21 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 6 3 Selection of options In MEDITRoad three options are available to refine allocation results You can select as many options as you wish provided that required input data is available To select an option tick the corresponding option box 3 Option selection for local allocation For step Meso to Local will you IV Define Large Linear Sources LLS T Use Allocated speed to refine EF ARRONDISSE ARRONDISSE ARRONDISSE ARRONDISSE ARRONDISSE UNITE URBAIN ARRONDISSE UNITE URBAIN ARRONDISSE ARRONDISSE ARRONDISSE ARRONDISSE UNITE URBAIN ARRONDISSE ARRONDISSE UNITE URBAIN ARRONDISSE Err 14 4 1 gt gt I P sur 385 TF Use Local Temperature to refine EF FREE PEE rr PPP re ee 6 3 1 Large linear sources LLS MEDIT
21. atial scales NUTS 0 1 2 3 4 5 or finer spatial resolution in principle Nevertheless 1t is to be noted that the finer the spatial resolution will be for the Meso scale the more resource demanding the process as far as complete COPERT model application is implemented on the Meso scale Considering the possibility to apply the Meso scale to one of the different levels from NUTSO up to the finest spatial scale here there are the two extreme limit cases e the extreme limit where the NUTS 0 is chosen as the Meso scale this situation will relate to the case where the first top down technique will not be applied but only the second one that is to say a COPERT application at national level which is the starting common initial step then no longer COPERT model application on intermediate spatial scale but directly then a spatial allocation of COPERT result at national level down to finest spatial resolution e the extreme opposite limit where the finest spatial resolution is chosen as Meso scale this situation will relate to the case where the second top down technique will not be applied but only the first one that is to say a COPERT application at national level then COPERT model applications at the finest spatial resolution after a process of spatial assignation of the COPERT input parameters Finally a normalisation process will harmonise the emissions on the finest scale on the basis of the national emissions 2 3 Gen
22. ation formula will be definitely lost It is recommended to save the run before changing Meso or Local level Particular case If only phase 1 National to Meso is intended to be used you must still define a Local level to access normalisation of activities and EF In this case it is recommended that you create a local TU where Local level index Meso level index 1 and where only one TU is define for each parent Meso TU So during Phase 2 Meso to Local activity allocation will use a single basic indicator which will have the same value for all Local TU Select no options to refine EF so local EF will be the same as normalised Meso TU EF You can then export Local results to have normalised activities and EF dbf files 5 National to Meso phase The national to Meso phase enables to refine COPERT parameters such as fleet traffic mode share urban rural highway etc at Meso level by using simple or complex repartition keys 5 1 National to Meso Command board When clicking on the Phase 1 button from the main board the following menu appears CITEPA June 2004 10 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual MEDITRoad National to Meso MEDITRoad 4 __ Description of National to Meso Process _ Step 1 National Parameters value _ Step 2 Indicators definition and values __ Step 3 Reference values __ Step 4 Allocation Process E Step 5 Export Allocation Result to COPEF CITEPA Mery 2004
23. data COPERT aggregated results on activity and emission factors from the Meso scale level to the finest level ensuring harmonised emissions between the two different scales 2 2 The Meso scale identification Starting from a COPERT application at national level NUTS 0 the Meso scale represents the spatial scale of transition between the two top down presented techniques cf overview diagram in following section 4 As principle the identification of the Meso scale will be a free choice CITEPA June 2004 4 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual according to the user preferences national specificities available data available resources the specifications and objectives of the emission inventory The Meso scale identification may be based on homogeneous clusters of territorial units with regards to traffic condition characteristics It may be also identified as a given NUTS level The advantage of homogeneous clusters is to have fewer discrepancies of emission factors inside clusters The advantage of the choice of a NUTS level as Meso scale is that generally more data and statistics are available on the basis of administrative territorial units Thus if the NUTS 2 region level in case of France Italy is chosen as Meso scale then the region level will be the spatial scale of transition between the two top down techniques More generally the Meso scale may be applied in principle to any of the different sp
24. de of the screen you can see all LLS of the Local unit To add a new LLS simply type its code and its name in the last row of the table An alternative way is to click on the Add New button at the right of the table and then to fill in cells Note e Both code and name are compulsory fields e You can not give the same code or the same name to 2 LLS e It is possible to paste a LLS list This can be useful if for example you have already listed all LES Code and name within a spreadsheet Then select and copy all LLS belonging to a parent Local TU in your spreadsheet Select the empty row of the table within the MEDITRoad form and hit Ctrl V e Atany time it is possible to modify the code or the name of a LLS directly in the table To delete a LLS 1 Select the parent Local TU so that the LLS to delete is in the table on the right 2 Click in the row to delete and then click the Delete button on the right side of the table An alternative way is to select the entire row of the TU by clicking on the left column of the table beside the code column and then hitting Del on your keyboard Note e When a LLS is deleted all depending data are automatically erased In particular indicators values or references for this LLS are definitely lost CITEPA June 2004 24 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 6 4 2 Traffic share As explained in the section Selection of options activities of a given Local TU is th
25. de the description of the task Otherwise it is a red cross At the end during the exporting step MEDITRoad creates as many folder as there are Local TU and LLS named with the UT code and containing two files in dbf IH format COP ACT dbf for activities and COP EF dbf for EF The structure of these files is in all points identical to the COPERT export files for ImportER Note e Due to the amount of data the exportation procedure can take several minutes CITEPA June 2004 36 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual Acknowledgement MEDITRoad has been developed with the financial support from the Italian APAT agency in the frame of the MeditAiraneo programme MeditAiraneo contact Riccardo DeLauretis delauretis apat it Riccardo Liburdi liburdi apat it Credits MEDITRoad version 1 0 developed by CITEPA Interprofessional Technical Centre for the Study of Atmospheric Pollution Web site http www citepa org index_en htm Released in September 2004 Contacting authors Jean Pierre Chang jean pierre chang citepa org Guillaume Gaborit guillaume gaborit citepa org References J P Chang G Gaborit MeditAiraneo Project Road Transport Road transport emission inventories national versus local approaches methodological report July 2003 L Ntziachristos Z Samaras COPERT III Methodology and emission factors Version 2 1 November 2000 C Kouridis L Ntziachristos Z Samara COPERT III
26. e To modify the name or the unit of the indicator you need to click on the Modify button CITEPA June 2004 12 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual To delete an indicator 1 Select the indicator you want to delete in the list box 2 Click on the delete button Note You must be aware that all data indicator values will be definitely lost It is not possible to delete an indicator if it is used in an allocation formula To delete 1t you must first change allocation formulas To fill in indicator value 1 Select the desired indicator in the list box 2 Directly fill in the table on the right of the form with the appropriate value for all TU System indicators It can be seen that even with a new database 12 indicators are already defined These are system indicators In order to facilitate the task of the expert some default allocations are proposed for more information about default allocation cf section allocation System indicators are part of the default allocation formulas For this reason they can not be deleted However if you think the proposed indicators are not adapted to your situation it is still possible to rename them by clicking on the Modify button In this case Default allocation will use the new definition of indicators and then the relevancy of the default allocation formula will need to be checked 5 4 References References are known values for parameters for some Me
27. e lt 1 4 Euro Il 94 12 EC Mileage Passenger Cars Gasoline lt 1 4 Euro Ill 98 69 EC Stage20l Mileage Passenger Cars Gasoline lt 1 4 Euro IV 98 69 EC Stage20 Mileage Passenger Cars Gasoline lt 1 4 Euro Y post 2005 1 gt gt t gt sur 933 CITEPA June 2004 11 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual MEDITRoad gives two alternative ways to fill in the values for each parameter Manual procedure The most direct way is to manually fill in the values within the table In this case tick the Direct entry option button Automatic procedure The other way is to use the importation procedure COPERT is provided with an Excel file named Data97 xls which is located in the COPERT installation folder 1 Open this file with Microsoft Excel or equivalent 2 Fill in all the cells for national level It is vital that all cells are filled in Otherwise this will lead to an error during importation procedure If values are null indicated 0 in the cell 3 Save and close Data97 xls 4 Within MEDITRoad tick the Import option button This enables the Execute import button 5 Click on Execute import 6 Follow instruction on screen by selecting the Data97 xls file containing national values 5 3 Indicators Allocation keys used to refined national values of COPERT parameters are built from simple indicators In this second step it is demanded to define these simple indicators and to fill them for
28. e current run is always contained in a database file in the system folder 3 2 How to manage files New Open Save File management functionalities are available from Mainboard menu File Management 8 MEDITRoad HOME MEDITRoad cu Phase 0 Initialisation _ Phase 1 National to Meso _ Phase 2 Meso to Local _ File Management This following menu then appears 8 MEDITRoad File Management MEDITRoad El Save Current Run As About MEDITRoad New Open and Save as functions are connected to those classically used in Windows software and use the same dialog boxes Having in mind the previous paragraph saving a run makes a copy of the system database into the selected folder This backup will never be directly accessed by MEDITRoad for modification If changes are carried out for this run it will be performed on the current system database and will not be reflected on the saved file Then it will be necessary if changes have to be kept to save the run one more time CITEPA June 2004 7 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual In the same way opening a saved file will simply copy data from this database into the system folder Note e To come back to main board use the back button represented by lt 4 Run initialisation The initialisation of the run is by definition the first thing to do when starting a new run This phase consists of two elements an informative step making it possible
29. e retrofitting To obtain more details on allocation process cf section 5 5 1 as far as same allocation principles are used at Meso and Local levels amp Speed Allocation E Allocation type SNAP Selection Crk YP PASSENGER CARS HIGHWAY DRIVING r Allocation type Note PASSENGER CARS RURAL DRIVING G Level O Vales Level 0 values reports parameter s values from level 0 PASSENGER CARS URBAN DRIVING z LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t HIGHW Affine Retrofitting Affine retrofitting permits to built a complex indicator and apply an LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t RURAL I affine allocation Y ax b A comparison with reference values is LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t URBAN available For this option the definition of at least one reference is HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUS necessary HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUS HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUS MOPEDS AND MOTORCYCLES lt 50 CM3 MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 HIGHWAY D MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 RURAL DRIY MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 URBAN DRI GASOLINE EVAPORATION FROM VEHICL __ Default allocation parameters OK Construction of the Repartition key Validate The generic expression for the indicator is indi C indi r ity indi n ity indi PB iy indicator C indicator capacity C indicator capacity C indicator capacity where C p and q are free parameters which can be adjust to refine the allocation
30. e sum of LLS activities plus a balance attributed to the Area source of the Local TU Thus it is necessary to specify for all SNAP and for all Meso TU the estimated traffic share between LLS and AS Area Sources amp Traffic Share by SNAP between LLS ans AS TRAFFIC SHARE BY SNAP FOR LLS AS FREE S THE Only LLS share have to be filled 070101 PASSENGER CARS HIGHWAY DRIVING Meso TU US rate AS rate gt PASSENGER CARS RURAL DRIVING PASSENGER CARS URBAN DRIVING LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t HIGHWAY DRIVING LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t RURAL DRIVING LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t URBAN DRIVING BASSE NORMANDIE HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUSES HIGHWAY DRIVING HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUSES RURAL DRIVING BOURGOGNE HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUSES URBAN DRIVING BRETAGNE MOPEDS AND MOTORCYCLES lt 50 CM3 CHAMPAGNE ARDEN MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 HIGHWAY DRIVING CENTRE MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 RURAL DRIVING MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 URBAN DRIVING CORSE GASOLINE EVAPORATION FROM VEHICLES FRANCHE COMTE HAUTE NORMANDIE LIMOUSIN LORRAINE LLS for Large Linear Source AS for Area LANGUEDOC ROUSS diffuse Sources MIDLPYRENEES When introducing LLS it is assumed that NORD PAS DE CALAI traffic share by SNAP between LLS and area diffuse sources 45 is known or estimated PROVENCE ALPES C POITOU CHARENTES Enr 4 1 gt gt sur 21 To estimate the traffic share Ca
31. ed for each SNAP for which affine allocation is intended to be used One of these is the classic constraint for the Local level In addition of this the national speed has to be specified and will be taken as the second constraint for each SNAP CITEPA June 2004 31 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual amp Speed References for Area Sources BEE PASSENGER CARS HIGHWAY DRIVING Local TU Delete No Reference for this Parameter Consult Modify References APARIA _ TU Code Speed as km h WK Select the Parameter 70101 PASSENGER CARS HIGHWAY DRIVING PASSENGER CARS RURAL DRIVING J 070103 PASSENGER CARS URBAN DRIVING 070201 LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t HIGHWAY DRIVING Select TU 070202 LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t RURAL DRIVING F 070203 LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t URBAN DRIVING 070301 HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUSES HIGH 070302 HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUSES RURA value 070303 HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUSES URBAI 070400 MOPEDS AND MOTORCYCLES lt 50 CM3 070501 MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 HIGHWAY DRIVING I Constraint 070502 MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 RURAL DRIVING 070503 MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 URBAN DRIVING 070600 GASOLINE EVAPORATION FROM VEHICLES En Id 4 ri pe Note If Affine y ax b approach is intended to be used to allocate speed two constraints LevelO R are required for every SNAP a constraint For a local TU not nece
32. ed to each run is the annual mean temperature min and max This temperature should vary regularly between consecutive runs It is recommended to increase or decrease every national min and max monthly temperatures within COPERT by the same increase step value for example 3 C For each run export EF calculated by COPERT as COP_EF dbf file using the export functionality for ImportER as previously described for Meso results CITEPA June 2004 33 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual Note Technically two points at least are required in each profile to perform refining calculation But it is recommended that speed profile is based on about 10 points and little less for Temperature profile depending on the temperature variability of the considered country amp Profile data Import Loaded Runs Parameter Add New Run Speed profile Speed as km h C Temperature profile Comment Import Run Note To built a speed profile COPERT runs have to be done with national parameters for different speeds In particular temperatures are Level 0 ones For each run speeds must be the same for every modes Urban Rural Highway eventhough it has no realty Speeds must belong to the range 10 130 km h The default step for the profile can be 10 km h _ Run Pollutant SNAP FUEL EF as tons EF as km kveh JA 11 10 502 070101 DIESEL OIL 10 502 070101 MOTOR GASOL 2 strokes engines 10 502 070101 MOTOR GASOL Conventional
33. el among authorized values When you have chosen the level a flag appears beside the selected level in the current level field The selection of a Meso level is compulsory before defining Local level In case you want to perform a single top down allocation of activity directly from national to Local by passing phase 1 National to Meso you are nevertheless requested to define a Meso level Simply select level 0 National as Meso In this case Phase 1 menu from the main board will not be available and you will directly go to phase 2 Meso to Local 3 Select the Local level Just as for Meso level a Flag appear to indicate which level has been selected Note e A level cannot be defined as Meso and Local at the same time e If you have already defined a Meso and a Local level and you click one more time on New Meso Local Def then both Meso and Local fields will be enabled and all existing level values are available for Meso and Local As Meso Level index as displayed on the screen must be smaller than Local index if you select a new Local level whose index is smaller than the current Meso level index a warning will appear to inform you that you will be requested to define a new Meso and that all related data both of Meso and Local will definitely be lost Same comments if New Meso level index is bigger than current Local level index e Ina general way if you change a Meso or Local level index all related indicators references alloc
34. en clicking on the OK Validate button All SNAP must be allocated To see if a SNAP has been allocated select it in the list If an allocation has been defined the corresponding type is selected in the list Otherwise no option button is ticked Default Allocation In order to facilitate the work of the operator MEDITRoad proposes a default allocation for the majority of the SNAP activities It is not to be considered as a default method like the default methods of the CORINAIR guidebook More exactly it is a starting point which allows the expert to have an approximate proposal that it will be necessary for him to refine in order to adapt it to his particular situation The default indicators relates to the situation of the French Regional Air Quality Plan inventory of 1994 To use a default allocation click on the default allocation parameters button after having click on the Edit button To consult allocation result 1 Select a parameter in the list box 2 Click on the Consult button 6 6 EF refining 6 6 1 Speed references for area sources MEDITRoad allows three allocation types for speed National report Direct entry Affine Y aX b References are requested only for the last allocation mode To have more details on allocation process cf section 5 4 and 5 5 as far as same allocation principles are used at Meso and Local levels Note that in the case of speed allocation two constraints are requir
35. eral principle The two top down methods from NUTS 0 to the Meso scale and from the Meso scale to the finest considered resolution are based on a common general principle which is a kind of combination and use of the two general top down and bottom up approaches in the following way a top down approach considering absolute values considering especially that national absolute values of emissions represent emission references a bottom up type approach considering relative spatial contributions That means that regional and local specificities are used to estimate the regional and local emissions But these emissions are at the end normalised as absolute values on the basis of the finest spatial scale and the national level estimations ensuring a harmonised process of the emissions on the different spatial scales and considering the national level emissions as emission references One may note that considering national estimations as reference emissions is a choice of principle as far as a global macro estimation is not necessary more reliable than the sum of detailed and specific local calculations Nevertheless in the present case of road transport the energy balance validation process within COPERT on macro scale and especially at national level may justify to consider the national estimations as reference emissions The emission model to be used in the proposed top down methodology is the European COPERT emiss
36. erator MEDITRoad proposes a default allocation for the majority of the parameters It is not to be considered as a default method like the default methods of the CORINAIR guidebook More exactly it is a starting point which allows the expert to have an approximate proposal that it will be necessary for him to refine in order to adapt it to his particular situation The default indicators relates to the situation of the French Regional Air Quality Plan inventory of 1994 To use a default allocation click on the default allocation parameters button after having clicked on the Edit button To consult allocation result 1 Select a parameter in the list box 2 Select a vehicle category in the list if relevant 3 Click on the Consult button Note e To see if a parameter vehicle category has been allocated simply select this couple If an allocation has been defined the corresponding type is selected in the list Otherwise no option button is ticked 5 6 Exporting Results The final step of the phase 1 National to Meso is the exporting of the allocation results In this step different phases are performed in sequence If one step fully succeeds a green tick appears beside the description of the task Otherwise it is a red cross Check allocation definition verify that for all couple parameter vehicle category an allocation has been defined among the six types proposed Perform final calculation Before exporting
37. erator during the retrofitting But for each couple Parameter Vehicle type for which affine allocation is intended to be used two absolute references are requested to set the regression curve These particular references are then called constraints the national reference and another Meso reference to be chosen as a second constraint and the allocation results for constraint TU will be equal to the constraint value The constraint is compulsory and there must be only one Meso constraint for each couple Parameter vehicle 12 10 Parameter O 0 0 5 10 15 20 Indicator Affine regression Y aX b model A blue rhombus indicates a reference while a red dot indicates a constraint The straight line corresponding to the regression curve on which allocation results are located As illustrated in the above chart the constraints are used to set the curve which goes through constraint points whereas the other references are just informative data As for linear case the national point is an implicit constraint but unlike linear regression the affine regression curves a priori do not go through the origin 0 0 this is why 1t is necessary to define an extra Meso constraint to fix the straight regression line CITEPA June 2004 14 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 535 Definition of Parameter s References i Catego Consult Modify References _ Category a add rele gt Passe
38. he Class Technology which will be compared to Reference Category Passenger Cars Class Gasoline 1 4 2 01 Technology Euro III 98 69 EC Stage2000 Cancel Modify To modify preferences 1 Choose the vehicle category by clicking on the arrow at the bottom of the form or use your mouse wheel 2 Click on the Modify button 3 Select within the combo boxes the desired class or and technology 4 Validate with the OK button 5 5 Allocation 5 5 1 Theoretical principles recall Allocation type MEDITRoad proposes six different kinds of allocation National report reports national values for all Meso TU for the selected Parameter vehicle category This mode is forbidden for additive parameters 1 e vehicle fleet and fuel consumption because of obvious irrelevancy Direct entry enables operator to manually fill in the results table if values are already known from a survey or from a model Simple allocation use a single indicator as defined at step 2 Linear Y aX without retrofitting Linear Y aX with retrofitting Affine Y aX b retrofitting is implicit in this case Complex indicator For the last three modes a complex indicator is used as repartition key F A p 2 1 R 1 X E 2 F 2 x 3 3 indicator C indicator capacity C indicator capacity C indicator capacity 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 Where indicators and capacity are the basic indicators defi
39. indicator to allocate Simple Linear with without retrofitting permits to built a complex indicator and apply a linear allocation ax In case of retrofitting a comparison as regards references is available to adjust manually the indicator s Formula Temperature Min Affine retrofitting permits to built a complex indicator and apply an Temperature Max Affine Retrofitting affine allocation Y 3 b A comparison with reference values is available For this option the definition of at least one reference is Mileage Population Share Urban Share Rural Share Highway C Level 0 Values c c Speed Urban Cc e icy Linear without Retrofittin Speed Rural Motorcycles Linear Retrofitting Trip lengh Consumption EH Default allocation parameters OK Construction of the Repartition key Validate The generic expression for the indicator is indicator C indicator capacity C indicator capacity C indicator capacity where C p and q are free parameters which can be adjust to refine the allocation 0 6 o1 A F P6 o 1 Population z Surface Try 0 8 Population z Length Hi 0 2 Population z Length Hi _z P p a fe P E ath Hic gt P iz ath Hic og t Q ex Ind C1 Indicator 1 x Capacity 1 Indicator 2 x Capacity 2 Indicator 3 x Capacity 3 To allocate a parameter 1 Select a parameter in the list box 2 Select a vehicle category in the list box if relevant
40. ines 1 60377359390259 8 82075471698113 070101 2080 MOTOR GASOLINE 737 Conventional 2 40566039085388 9 62264150943397 070101 2080 MOTOR GASOLINE 738 Catalyst 3 207547 18780518 10 4245283018868 070101 3030 LIQUEFIED PETRO __ 4 00943398475647 11 2264150943396 070102 2050 DIESEL OILFORR __ 4 81132078170776 12 0283018867925 070102 2080 MOTOR GASOLINE 701 2 strokes engines 5 61320757865906 12 8301886792453 070102 2080 MOTOR GASOLINE 737 Conventional 6 41509437561035 13 6320754716981 070102 2080 MOTOR GASOLINE 738 Catalyst 7 21698117256165 14 4339622641509 070102 3030 LIQUEFIED PETRO __ 8 01886796951294 15 2358490566038 070103 2050 DIESEL OILFORR __ 8 82075476646423 16 0377358490566 070103 2080 MOTOR GASOLINE 701 2 strokes engines 9 62264156341553 16 8396226415094 070103 2080 MOTOR GASOLINE 737 Conventional 10 4245283603668 17 6415094339623 070103 2080 MOTOR GASOLINE 738 Catalyst 11 2264151573181 18 4433962264151 070103 3030 LIQUEFIED PETRO __ 12 0283019542694 19 2452830188679 l Enri Mi pon sur 35 To import files for a Meso TU 1 Select the Meso TU you wish to import the files in the list at the upper left corner of the form 2 Click on the Import button 3 Select the folder where COP_Act dbf and COP_EF dbf are stored Then a procedure automatically imports theses two files At this moment the tables are updated and you can check that data imported are correct ones Note In case of importing twice the same TU data
41. ion model Ntziachristos and Samaras 2000 CITEPA June 2004 5 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual OVERVIEW DIAGRAM OF THE TOP DOWN PROCESS Initial step Definition of spatial reference DEFINITION OF THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE Initial phase AND THE MESO SCALE a phase Step 1 COPERT model at national level COPERT NATIONAL LEVEL Step 2 COPERT parameter assignation compilation on Meso scale ASSIGNATION OF COPERT PARAMETERS ON MESO Phase 1 SCALE LEVEL From national level o Meso scale level Step 3 o COPERT ON MESO oe oe eee SCALE LEVEL Step 4 Normalisation of Meso NORMALISATION 1 scale results with the national level Step 5 4 Introduction of linear sources when relevant IDENTIFICATION Step 6 Spatial allocation of Y activity traffic data at local SPATIAL ALLOCATION OF From Meso scale scale ACTIVITY AT LOCAL SCALE to local scale Step 7 Spatial refinement of emission factors at local SPATIAL ALLOCATION OF EMISSION scale FACTORS AT LOCAL SCALE Phase 2 Step 8 Compilation of results 1t HN at local level and COMPILATION OF EMISSIONS other intermediate Vehicle types substances at different scales levels For more information on the theoretical principals used in MEDITRoad cf Methodological Report see in references CITEPA June 2004 6 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 3 File Management 3 1 Current run file Th
42. is latter gives an overview of all the procedure and describes in the broad outlines the modus operandi and some major remarks for each step Note If Local level is not defined this menu is not available CITEPA June 2004 20 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 6 2 Importation of COPERT Meso activities and EF by SNAP This menu makes it possible to import all Meso activities and EF COPERT output files from COPERT COP_ACT dbf and COP EF dbf and then to normalise them This interface is composed of various elements including two tables shared out in two superimposed sheets where activities and EF of a selected Meso level can be consulted At the upper right hand corner an initialisation button can be found which enables to clear all activity and EF imported data This button should be use with caution because all erased data are permanently lost Import COPERT Output for Meso TU AE ETT OR OE SNAP ns Import of COPERT output ALUOOOOO AUVERGNE FESS activity and EF by SNAP For the BN000000 BASSE NORMANDIE selected Meso TU COP_ACT DBF Normalisation BO00000 BOURGOGNE and COP_EF DBF from COPERT BRODODO BRETAGNE a export to CollectER mi Import COPERT output for Level 0 Cannan CHAMOACKIE AOMENINE E Normalise Meso ACT and EF Activity ler l SNAP FUEL FUEL NAME RUBRIC RUNRIC NAME TON 1000 KM_VEH 1070101 2050 DIESELOILFORR__ 0 801886796951294 8 0188679245283 070101 2080 MOTOR GASOLINE 701 2 strokes eng
43. ivities only the simple allocation type is available To define an allocation 1 Select the SNAP you want to allocate by clicking in the list box 2 Select the indicator with which allocation should be performed by clicking in the list box 3 Click on the Allocate button to activate calculation Note In the last column of the SNAP list box is specified with which indicator each SNAP has been allocated All SNAP must be allocated 6 4 5 Speed input As explained in the section Selection of options speeds can be used in MEDITRoad to refine EF By the way of specific traffic countings or any appropriate studies representative speeds can be determined for some LLS If these speeds are known it is possible to specify them in the Speed Input form MEDITRoad will take them into account during the EF refining procedure However it is not compulsory that the speed is known on every LLS When speeds have not been estimated MEDITRoad will simply use the speed of the Area source of the Local TU LLS belongs to amp Speed References for Large Linear Sources PASSENGER CARS HIGHWAY DRIVING Consult Modify References NS ome _ AL572N1 nationale rurale N363 Choose the SNAP 070101 PASSENGER CARS HIGHWAY DRIVING 070102 PASSENGER CARS RURAL DRIVING 070103 PASSENGER CARS URBAN DRIVING 070201 LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t HIGHWAY DRIVIt 070202 LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t RURAL DRIVING 07020
44. l mileage of passenger cars They are rarely known for a precise class and technology annual mileage of Euro III gasoline 1 4 2 01 passenger cars This is the reason why in MEDITRoad references have not to be specified for each class and technology References will be applied to a whole vehicle category In order to make the retrofitting process or the affine calibration the most accurate it is necessary to choose the most representative class and technology for each of the vehicle categories By default the most common current class and technology for Western Europe have been implemented But even in Western Europe countries it may be necessary to change these preferences if the reference values come from a study concerning a particular class of vehicle CITEPA June 2004 15 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual Vehicle category Class Technology Passenger Cars Gasoline 1 4 2 0 1 Euro III 98 69 EC Stage2000 Light Duty Vehicles Diesel lt 3 5 t Euro II 98 69 EC Stage2000 Heavy Duty Vehicles Diesel 7 5 16 t Euro III 2000 Standards Buses Urban Buses Euro I 2000 Standards Mopeds lt 50 cm Conventional Motorcycles 4 stroke lt 250 cm Conventional Table 1 Default reference class and technology for each vehicle categories Preferences Preference Definition References defined are used as Reference Yalues for ONE particular class and technology for each vehicle Category It is possible within this Form to select t
45. lt 3 5 t HIGHW and apply a linear allocation Y aX In case of retrofitting a comparison LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t RURAL I as regards references is available to adjust manually the indicator s LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t URBAN C Linear Retrofitting formula HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUS HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUS HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUS MOPEDS AND MOTORCYCLES lt 50 CM3 MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 HIGHWAY D MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 RURAL DRI MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 URBAN DRIA GASOLINE EVAPORATION FROM YEHICL Linear without Retrofitting pa Default allocation parameters OK Construction of the Repartition key Validate The generic expression for the indicator is indi C indi al ity indi n ity indi a y indicator Cy indicator capacity C indicator capacity C indicator capacity where C p and q are free parameters which can be adjust to refine the allocation Population _y J Indicator 1 To allocate a SNAP activity 1 Select a SNAP activity in the list box 2 Click on the Edit button 3 Select an allocation type in the list 4 According to the chosen type build the repartition key by filling in the formula s field 5 Click on the OK Validate button to validate the formula and to launch the calculation CITEPA June 2004 30 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual Note The allocation formula is saved only wh
46. ned during step 2 CITEPA June 2004 16 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual Ci pi qi are free numerical parameters The free coefficients allow the operator to adjust the complex indicator s formula in order to best fit the calculation as regards references in case of retrofitting Note During the allocation calculations each single indicator is normalised at national level as well as each expression indicator capacity The main consequences are that the expression of the complex indicator is independent from the unit of the single indicators and that coefficients C gives real balances in the formula For example if you wish to twice as i A 2 A J s much importance to the second term indicator capacity3 for instance representative of rural characteristics as regards the first term for instance representative of urban characteristics then set C2 2C If the indicator is not specified the term is not taken into account for calculation If capacity is not specified it is assimilated to the unit function equals 1 for all TU 5 5 2 Allocation process E Allocation Process Parameter Choice Allocation type Consult Parameter Category gt Es Allocation type Note Level 0 values reports parameter s values from Level 0 Direct entry allows user to directly enter parameter s value if they Direct entry are already known from a survey or a study Simple allocation use a single
47. nger Cars CHAMPAGNE AF 70 km h Ey PassengerCars LORRAINE 110 km h A Choose the parameter Mileage Population Share Urban Share Rural Share Highway Speed Urban Speed Rural Temperature Min Temperature Max Trip lengh Consumption Enr I4 uf 1 gt rt p sur 2 Advanced Use Change reference vehicle type To add a new reference 1 Click on the Add reference button 2 Select a parameter 3 Select a vehicle type 4 Select the Meso TU 5 Indicate the reference value 6 Tick or not the Constraint Note Some parameters do not depend on vehicle types e g Temperature In this case you must leave the vehicle selection field empty or select the blank row of the list To modify a reference value It is possible to modify directly in the table the value of the reference and to define if it is a constraint or not If you try to modify the value by adding another time the reference an error message will appear To delete a reference 1 Select the reference you want to delete 2 Click on the cell containing the value of the reference and click the delete button An alternative way consists is to select the entire row by clicking in the column at the left of the vehicle category column and to hit the del key of your keyboard Advanced use preference definition In the vast majority of cases references values are known only for a vehicle category as a whole e g annua
48. orrect Meso EF with local conditions local speed and or local temperature these two variables being orthogonal With this intention MEDITRoad algorithms will place in a way each local TU as well as Meso TU in case of Temperature on profiles such as the one presented above Then the corresponding EF will be obtained by carrying out a linear interpolation between the 2 closest profile points It is important to bear in mind that the EF obtained in this way is not the Local TU EF but will be used as a correction factor In case the local speed or temperature is beyond or below profile limits the EF of the closest profile point will be attributed to the local TU still as a correction factor These last remarks should emphasise the need to build relative fine and widespread profile without excess To build a new point for the profile The building of a new point for the profiles is done by running COPERT many times in national conditions except for one variable parameter Speed profile COPERT runs have to be done with national parameters for different speeds In particular temperatures are national ones For each run speeds must be the same for every mode Urban Rural Highway even though it has no realty Speeds must be within the range 10 130 km h The default step for the profile can be 10 km h Temperature profile COPERT runs have to be done with national parameters In particular speeds are national speeds The temperature relat
49. re only additive indicators must be defined It is yet possible to use a non additive indicator if necessary Within the allocation step you can construct the non additive indicator e g density by using two additive indicators e g Population x Surface To modify the name or the unit of the indicator you need to click on the Modify button CITEPA June 2004 28 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual To delete an indicator 1 Select the indicator you want to delete in the list box at the upper left corner of the form 2 Click on the delete button Note You must be aware that all data indicator values will be permanently lost It is not possible to delete an indicator if it is used in an allocation formula To delete 1t you must first change allocation formulas To fill in the indicator values 1 Select the desired indicator in the list box at the upper left corner 2 Directly fill in the table with the appropriate value for all TU System indicators It can be seen that even with a new database eight indicators are already defined These ones are system indicators In order to facilitate task of experts some default allocations are proposed for more information about default allocation cf allocation section System indicators are part of the default allocation formulas For this reason they cannot be deleted However if you think the proposed indicators are not adapted to your situation it is
50. rom simple indicators In this step you are asked to define these simple indicators and to fill them for all Local TU Speed allocation if this option has been elected you also have to build within this step the indicators you intend to use to allocate speed which can be common with activity allocation amp Definition of Indicator for Area Sources Select Indicator gt AL672CO ARRONDISSEMENT DE HAG 66 54 Population Rural AL573C0 ARRONDISSEMENT DE MOL 54 41 Population total AL674CO ARRONDISSEMENT DE SAV 48 46 li ALB75CO ARRONDISSEMENT DE SEL 72 96 Surface Urban AL676CO ARRONDISSEMENT DE STR 38 5 AL676U1 UNITE URBAINE DE STRASE 089 AL677C0 ARRONDISSEMENT DE WIS 14 32 ae ee A AL678U1 UNITE URBAINE DE STRASE 255 AL681C0 ARRONDISSEMENT DE ALTI 181 Longueur National fkm AL682CO ARRONDISSEMENT DE COL 41 47 ALS83C0 ARRONDISSEMENT DE GUE 23 16 rine Modify Delete Cancel AL684C0 ARRONDISSEMENT DE MUL 12 02 AL684U1 UNITE URBAINE DE MULHO 18 33 a B AL685CO ARRONDISSEMENT DE RIBE 62 77 AL686CO ARRONDISSEMENT DE THA 56 25 _ AI CORI H LINITE IIMDAINIC MC MANI UM ana Enr 14 1 gt gt I sur 385 Enr 14 II 1 gt IP sur 6 To build a new indicator 1 Click on the New button 2 In the above appropriate text boxes indicate the indicator name and the unit of the data it represents 3 Click on OK to validate Important note Due to the algorithms used in the allocation procedu
51. se where a specific traffic counting for one vehicle category is available For all the LLS of a given Meso TU sum all the traffic counting x length of road section for the vehicle category concerned and divide it by the normalised corresponding activity in veh km for the Meso TU For a given SNAP and a given Meso TU we have the following formula gt TrafficCounting x Length LLS LLS Traffic Share 100 822 i Activity Meso veh km Case where only global traffic counting is available In the case of a global indicator taking into account several vehicle categories the reasoning is the same as before except that the Meso activity taken into account is the sum of the activity for the various types of vehicles concerned gt TrafficCounting x Length LLS LLS Traffic Share 100 gt Activity Meso veh km veh category The percentage obtained is then applied to the whole of the vehicles for which the counting of traffic applies To specify a traffic share 1 Select a SNAP code in the list 2 In the table fill in the estimated value of LLS traffic share for all Meso TU Note e Only LLS share have to be filled in the AS share is automatically calculated knowing that AS Share LLS Share 100 CITEPA June 2004 25 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 6 4 3 Indicators The activity on large linear sources can easily be estimated thanks to traffic counting
52. so TU The two kinds of reference There are two kinds of references depending on the intended allocation type to be used As developed in the next section in MEDITRoad six allocation types are available National report Direct entry Simple allocation Linear Y aX without retrofitting Linear Y aX with retrofitting Affine Y aX b References are requested only for the two last allocation modes In case of linear allocation retrofitting the reference will just be an informative data which will help the operator to fit the allocation key formula by comparing with known values So for linear retrofitting a reference will still be called a reference and is optional CITEPA June 2004 13 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual A_o _ _ 2 gt gt gt Parameter O gt N Wf TDN 0 0 5 10 15 20 Indicator Linear regression Y aX model On the chart a blue rhombus indicates a reference and the straight line corresponds to the regression curve on which allocation results are located In linear regression the straight line goes through the origin 0 0 and the national reference These two implicit points are symbolised on the chart by the green squares References are only informative data which permits the operator to see if there is a good correlation between calculation and experimental data For Affine allocation there are also references as above to help the op
53. ssary always the same TU speeds at Level 0 required for all SNAP To add a new LOCAL reference 1 Click on the Add reference button 2 Select a SNAP activity 3 Select the Local TU 4 Indicate the reference value 5 Tick the Constraint or not To enter National values 1 Click on the Level 0 button 2 Specify the speed for all SNAP for which affine allocation Y aX b is intended to be used To modify a reference value It is possible to modify the value of the reference directly in the table and to define if it is a constraint or not To delete a reference 1 Select the reference you wish to delete 2 Click on the cell containing the value of the reference and click the delete button An alternative way consists in selecting the entire row by clicking in the column at the left of the vehicle category column and to hit the del key of your keyboard CITEPA June 2004 32 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 6 6 2 Profile uploading and building In COPERT algorithms EF depend on speed and on temperatures Speed depency of NOx EF Gasoline Passenger cars 2 Soo S a oN Wo EF g km Soo Ny oO 2 a AAA A II TE PEI 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 speed km h o Example of speed profile for NOx EF MEDITRoad proposes in order to refine EF to use this dependency to c
54. st thing to do is to define the territorial units linear sources in this case Large Linear Sources LLS Definition LARGES LINEAR SOURCES LLS Select Local Territorial Unit TU ARRONDISSEMENT DE HAG LLS code LLS name ARRONDISSEMENT DE MO AL672L1 autoroute rurale A4 JARRONDISSEMENT DE SATE nationale rurale N363 ARRONDISSEMENT DE SEL ARRONDISSEMENT DE STF nationale rurale N62 UNITE URBAINE DE STRAS nationale rurale N63 AL677CO ARRONDISSEMENT DE WI Y Note Each Large Linear Source LL5 is defined relatively to a given Local Territorial Unit i e roads have to be split according to local TU using possibly GIS tools Geographical Information System When introducing LLS it is assumed that traffic share by SNAP between LLS and area diffuse sources 45 is known or estimated LLS AS Traffic Share ffic When defining LLS it is assumed that related traffic data as Traffi veh km issued from traffic counting are available and will be Counting entered within the application If speeds are known For some LLS they can be entered as input En I4 4 1 gt Lbs sur 4 LI LS Speed in order to refine EF Only if EF refining through Speed was selected As explained in the previous section LLS have to be defined within Local TU frontiers the latter then being considered as a parent TU To add a new LLS 1 Select the parent Local TU in the list 2 In the table on the left si
55. still possible to rename them In this case Default allocation will use the new definition of indicators and then the relevancy of the default allocation formula will need to be checked 6 5 2 Activity references To allocate Meso activities MEDITRoad allows three allocation types Simple allocation Linear Y aX without retrofitting Linear Y aX with retrofitting References are useful only if linear allocation with retrofitting is intended to be used In this case the reference will be informative data which will help the operator to fit the allocation key formula by comparing with known values Note e As affine Y aX b allocation is not available no constraint has to be defined amp Activity References for Area Sources PASSENGER CARS RURAL DRIVING No Reference for this SNAP Consult Modify References Add references TUCode TUName Ref tons Ref kmkveh Delete A x SENGER CARS HIGHWAY DRIVING Select the SNAP 70102 PASSENGER CARS RURAL DRIVING Py PASSENGER CARS URBAN DRIVING LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5t HIGHWAY oject TU LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5 t RURAL DF LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES lt 3 5t URBANDI HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUSE HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND BUSE HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES gt 3 5 t AND Buse Value 8s tons MOPEDS AND MOTORCYCLES lt 50 CM3 MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 HIGHWAY DR MOTORCYCLES gt 50 CM3 RURAL DRIVI Value as km kYehicles MOTO
56. tered a value for every LLS Select for each SNAP a traffic Counting Type and press Allocate Activity data will then be allocated following a simple allocation tule based on the traffic counting type selected Allocate En 1 4 1 Pd sur 6 To build a new indicator 1 Click on the New button 2 In the above appropriate text boxes indicate the indicator s name and the unit of the data it represents 3 Click on OK to validate To modify the name or the unit of the indicator you need to click on the Modify button Note It is possible to paste data coming from a spreadsheet for example Click on the first empty row of the table after having copy spreadsheet data and then hit Ctrl V To delete an indicator 1 Select the indicator you want to delete in the list box at the upper left corner of the form 2 Click on the delete button Note You must be aware that all data indicator values will be definitely lost It is not possible to delete an indicator if it is used in an allocation formula To delete it you must first change allocation formulas To fill in indicator s value 1 Select the desired indicator in the list box 2 Directly fill in the table with the appropriate value for all TU CITEPA June 2004 26 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 6 4 4 Allocation The allocation form is integrated in the LLS indicator form on the right hand side In the case of LLS act
57. to give qualitative information on the run and a structuring step where Territorial units and there relationships are defined 4 1 Run identification amp Run ldentification pniermanan about this Run Run reference User ID Ref Time Coverage Year Comment Description of the run Cancel f validate Modify and Exit Runs can be identified by entering all fields being optional 1 A general reference 2 The timespan of the run 3 The name of the operator 4 Any useful additional information or comments To modify information simply click on the Modify button 4 2 Territorial units TU definition The definition of TU and there relationship is essential in MEDITRoad This is the reason why until this step is not complete or actually supposed to be complete phase 1 National to Meso and phase 2 Meso to Local button from main board are not enabled The form is made up of several elements as visible on the screen shot CITEPA June 2004 8 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 3 Definition of Territorial Units Complete TU Parent TU Level co m0 4Q0000 AQUITAINE AUOO00 AUVERGNE 2 BNOOOOC BASSE NORMANDIE C3 BOOO00l BOURGOGNE BROOOOC BRETAGNE 4 Local Cas CA0000 CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE Cs Co CEOOOOC CENTRE e CO0000 CORSE C6 FCOODOC FRANCHE COMTE Mi Check New Meso Local Def _ To define when al Meso or Local TU are defined Meso Local E E Enr
58. vities and emissions it is necessary that COP_ACT dbf and COP EF dbf be generated from COPERT at national level Note e Even if you do not wish to split activity or refine EF it is necessary to use MEDITRoad phase 2 Meso to Local in order to normalise activities and emissions so that the sum at Meso level will be equal to national values Indeed at the end of COPERT procedure activities and EF are not normalised CITEPA June 2004 19 MEDITRoad v 1 0 User s Manual 6 Meso to Local level phase MEDITRoad Phase 2 Meso to Local is a top down approach which splits activities and also refines EF at Local level 6 1 Meso to Local Command board After clicking on the Phase 2 button from MEDITRoad main board the menu below appears MEDITRoad Meso to Local MEDITRoad 4 _ Description of Meso to Local Process _ 1 Importation of COPERT Ouiput for Meso TU _ 2 Option selection __ 3 Large Linear Sources __ 4 Indicators definition for Area Sources LJ 5 Activity References for rea Sources Next Followed by next one when clicking on Next button MEDITRoad Meso to Local MEDITRoad 4 A Previous 6 Activity Allocation for rea Sources pa 7 Speed References for Area Sources E 8 Profile building Speed and Temp 9 Speed Allocation Fa 10 Export results as COPERT Output file So phase 2 Meso to Local is composed of 10 main steps plus a help menu as well Th
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