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Installation, Warnings and Errors

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  • When I Click on Produce Summary Report Following an Emission Rates Run, Why Do I Get An Error Message that says "Database Error Occurred Trying to Produce Report Header Table"?

  • What are Possible Causes of MySQL Query Errors?


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MOVES Capabilities

  • Does MOVES2014 Have the Capacity for Modeling Mid-Level Ethanol Blends?

  • Can MOVES Report Output in Terms of Fuel Consumption?

  • Does MOVES Incorporate Anticipated Improvements in VOC Emission Factors Resulting from Improved Fuel Economy?

  • Is There a Way to Model Emissions of a Single Vehicle on a Given Route in MOVES?

  • How do I output rates by VSP bin?

  • Can I model emissions from Electric, Fuel-Cell, and Hybrid Vehicles and Equipment in MOVES?


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MOVES Inputs

  • How are Counties Mapped to Fuel Regions in MOVES? How Can I Substitute Alternate Fuel Formulations?

  • Can Programs Other Than Microsoft Excel be Used to Edit Input Database Files?

  • How do I Obtain the Populations for Each of the MOVES Source Types?

  • Why Does the "hourvmtfraction" Table in the MOVES Default Database Include Fractions for roadTypeID 1 (off-network)?


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Understanding MOVES Results

  • What Drives Seasonal CO Emission Trends?

  • Why Are There No Emissions for the Early and Late Hours of the Day for Certain Source Types?

  • Why Doesn't my Output Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Match my Input VMT?

  • What Pollutants are Included in “oxides of nitrogen” in MOVES?


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Modeling Nonroad Equipment

  • How Can I Incorporate Local Data Into My MOVES-Nonroad Run?

  • How Do I get Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e) Results for Nonroad Equipment?

  • Can N2O (nitrous oxide) Emissions be Estimated in the MOVES Nonroad Model?

  • How can I Install the NONROAD Model?

  • How Can I Reduce the Time Needed to Run the Nonroad Emission Factor Post-Processing Scripts?


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MOVES Categories Terminology

  • Are the NO Values in the MOVES Output Files Actually NO (Molecular Weight 30), or is the NO Expressed as NO2 (Molecular Weight 46)?

  • How does MOVES Classify Light-Duty Trucks?

  • What is the Difference Between Extended Idling and Normal Idling? Is it Possible to get Distinct Idling Emission Output for any Vehicle Type? Can this be Done in the Emission Rate Mode, or only Inventory Mode?


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