Evaluation of TRIM.FaTE: Volume 2. Model Performance Focusing on Mercury Test Case

摘要

Volume I of this evaluation report (EPA 2002a) describes in detail a wide range of model evaluation activities for TRIM.FaTE, which were undertaken to implement EPA's overall evaluation plan for the model as presented in the TRIM Status Report (EPA 1999a) and reviewed by EPA's Science Advisory Board (EPA 2000a). This document, Volume II of the evaluation report, describes the mercury test case, a detailed performance evaluation of TRIM.FaTE based on mercury emitted to air from a specific industrial source. Unlike the other types of model evaluation discussed in Volume I of this evaluation report, which focus on specific aspects of the model (e.g., inputs, individual process models), performance evaluation focuses on the performance of the model as a whole.