This manual is an operational guidance document for users of the CMAQ modeling system, and is designed to support the installation,
configuration, and execution of CMAQ on UNIX systems. Introductory and overview chapters present the CMAQ concepts, terminology,
installation instructions, and guidance on running the tutorial simulation distributed with the model. Chapters on developing
meteorology and emissions for CMAQ present the basic concepts and the availability of models that generate these critical
CMAQ inputs, and describe how to configure these systems to produce input for CMAQ.
- Chapter 2 describes the science used in CMAQ.
- Chapter 3 describes computer system requirements and installation.
- Chapter 4 describes the Input/Output Applications Programming Interface (I/O API).
- Chapter 5 describes the set of CMAQ programs and libraries.
- Chapter 6 describes the CMAQ input files.
- Chapter 7 describes how to define the domain grids, layers, and chemical mechanisms.
- Chapter 8 describes setting up CMAQ for new simulations.
- Chapter 9 describes analysis options for CMAQ output.
- Chapter 10 describes CMAQ code management and development guidelines.
- Chapter 11 describes how to obtain support for CMAQ.