MOtor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES)
Description
EPA’s MOtor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES) is a state-of-the-science emission modeling system that estimates emissions for mobile sources at the national, county, and project level for criteria air pollutants, greenhouse gases, and air toxics.
Questions this resource can help answer
How can I estimate onroad and nonroad emissions for inventory development?
How can I use EPA’s MOVES model for transportation conformity analysis and SIP development?
What would be the emission effects of replacing my city’s diesel bus fleet with electric buses?
How do I use this resource?
MOVES5 does not have a stand-alone user guide. User help information is integrated into the model itself; also refer to the MOVES5 Technical Guidance: Using MOVES to Prepare Emission Inventories for State Implementation Plans and Transportation Conformity (pdf) https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P101CTM3.pdf
MOVES Training (https://www.epa.gov/moves/moves-training) provides detailed information on running MOVES.
The MOVES GitHub site (https://github.com/USEPA/EPA_MOVES_Model) provides access to the MOVES source code and additional documentation, including “Cheat Sheets” that are useful for decoding MOVES inputs and outputs.
Overview of EPA’s MOtor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES5) (https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P101DQ9V.pdf) provides detailed references to technical documentation and other MOVES information.
Pro tips
Within the training materials, the MOVES5 Hands-on Training Course (https://www.epa.gov/moves/moves-hands-training-course#MOVES5) is a good starting point for novice users.
Resource information
Technical specifications
MOVES is a complex model for estimating emissions from onroad and nonroad sources. There are detailed technical reports documenting model inputs and algorithms available at https://www.epa.gov/moves/moves-onroad-technical-reports and https://www.epa.gov/moves/moves-nonroad-technical-reports
Requires 64-bit Windows operating system, significant storage (often 100GB+ for large projects) and a MariaDB or MySQL database server. Also requires Java runtime environment be installed.
