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Frequent Questions about MOVES and Related Models

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Installation, Warnings and Errors

Does MOVES work with the Apple Macintosh operating system (iOS)?
I've installed MOVES, but it won't run-- how do I make sure I have the right character coding to run MOVES?
Is Any MOVES Training Available?

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MOVES Capabilities

How Can I Determine the Impact of Speed on Vehicle Emissions?
Can MOVES Report Output in Terms of Fuel Consumption?
Does MOVES Incorporate Anticipated Improvements in VOC Emission Factors Resulting from Improved Fuel Economy?

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MOVES Inputs

How does the Fuel Wizard Determine which Fuel Formulations to Modify?
How do I Obtain the Populations for Each of the MOVES Source Types?
Can Programs Other Than Microsoft Excel be Used to Edit Input Database Files?

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Understanding MOVES Results

How does MOVES Calculate CO2 and CO2 Equivalent Emissions?
Why Doesn't my Output Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Match my Input VMT?
Why Are There No Emissions for the Early and Late Hours of the Day for Certain Source Types?

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Modeling Nonroad Equipment

How Can I Incorporate Local Data Into My MOVES-Nonroad Run?
How Can I Reduce the Time Needed to Run the Nonroad Emission Factor Post-Processing Scripts?
Why in my Nonroad Results do I Have a fuelTypeID not Listed in the FuelType Table?

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MOVES Categories and Terminology

How does MOVES Classify Light-Duty Trucks?
What is the Meaning of the MOVESScenarioID Field? What Conditions Must User-Defined MOVESScenarioIDs Meet?
What is Vehicle Specific Power (VSP)?

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MOVES and Related Models