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3 | 3 | `siem` package helps you to create the emission files for WRF-Chem, |
4 | 4 | and CMAQ air quality models. |
5 | | -The strategy is to reproduces the model's netCDF emission files |
| 5 | +The strategy is to reproduce the model's netCDF emission files |
6 | 6 | (same coordinates, dimensions, units, and attributes). |
7 | | -As sometimes the original emission pre-processors requires very detailed information, |
| 7 | +As sometimes the original emission pre-processors require very detailed information, |
8 | 8 | `siem` allows the user to create the emissions with limited information, |
9 | 9 | and hence the _simplified_ in the name. |
10 | 10 | Because of that, `siem` could be used in different cities to run air quality models, |
11 | 11 | and, therefore, to improve air quality management. |
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13 | 13 | `siem` is strongly based on the methodology of Andrade et al. (2015), |
14 | | -previously used in many air quality simulation over the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo. |
| 14 | +previously used in many air quality simulations over the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo. |
15 | 15 | But, `siem` offers other features: |
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17 | | -- Adding different number of emission sources. |
18 | | -- Point sources can be spatially and temporal distributed. |
19 | | -- It is chemical mechanism agnostic. The chemical mechanism are not hard-coded. |
| 17 | +- Adding a different number of emission sources. |
| 18 | +- Point sources can be spatially and temporally distributed. |
| 19 | +- It is a chemical mechanism agnostic. The chemical mechanisms are not hard-coded. |
20 | 20 | - Emission sources can vary by day of the week. |
21 | | -- Each emission sources can have different spatial distribution. |
| 21 | +- Each emission source can have a different spatial distribution. |
22 | 22 | - Early created for WRF-Chem, but now compatible with CMAQ. |
23 | | -- As it is built in Python, subproducts can be easily modified (i.e. calculate total emissions, plot pollutant emissions, apply correction factors, etc). |
| 23 | +- As it is built in Python, subproducts can be easily modified (i.e., calculate total emissions, plot pollutant emissions, apply correction factors, etc). |
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