An Introduction to MOVES:
    National Scale
     FHWA Resource Center
                        EPA-420-B-09-025

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Introduction Presentation Outline
  A quick tour of the Graphical User Interface (GUI).
  Setting up a National run specification.
  Running the model.
  Discussion of output results.
  Feel free to ask questions!

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          Advanced  Features (not addressed)
                   ~                     ~^^^^
            Alternate Vehicle & Fuels Technologies strategies
            panel.
            Heavy Duty Retrofit strategies panel.
            Advanced features panel.
            Using XML and batch input options.
            Using distributed processing (multiple computers).
            Using Core Model Input Tables (CMITs).
            Joining MySQL tables.
Since you will see these items as we go through the GUI, I want to warn you in
advance that we do not have time to address everything that MOVES can do in this
one short training session.

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Start Master Using  Desktop Icon
  Start the Master using the desktop icon.
   -  Notice the console window associated with the MOVES
     window is started. Do not close this window.
  Stop the Master.
   -  Note that console window automatically closed.
  If no Worker is present, one will automatically be
  started.
   -  A Worker application is created to do the calculations when
     you execute the model.

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                    Console Window
         20081111 Master
The console window is automatically generated when you run MOVES.  It will show
you what MOVES is doing while running and will provide useful messages if there is
a problem. This window automatically closes when you close the MOVES GUI
screen.

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Console Window
  This Window is automatically generated when
  MOVES is run.
  The Window will show any error messages related
  to problems running the MOVES code.
  Do not manually close this Window while running
  MOVES.
  This Window will automatically close when you
  close MOVES.

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                    Initial  MOVES  Screen
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Initial MOVES Screen
  This is also referred to as the Graphical User
  Interface (GUI) for MOVES.
  The Navigation List is in blue in the left hand side.
   - Green check means input is ready.
   - Red exclamation indicates more information is needed.
   - Wavy lines means no input is necessary.
  All Navigation List inputs must be green checked
  or wavy lines before MOVES will run.
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This slide shows the contents of the File pull-down menu.

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The File menu applies to the Run Specification
(input) files used by MOVES to define a run.
The File menu contains all of the usual options for
handling these files.
Selecting New will clear any current items selected.
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This slide shows the contents of the Edit pull-down menu.
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The Edit menu applies to any text selected in the
GUI.
All of the typical options are available for
manipulating text.
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This slide shows the contents of the Pre-Processing pull-down menu.
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Pre-Processmg Menu
• These items are used to create your own custom
  inputs to represent your location and time.
• Edit Inspection & Maintenance (I/M) data.
• Update default data values.
• Import county specific data.
• Create project level inputs.
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                                 Action  Menu
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This slide shows the contents of the Action pull-down menu.
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Action Menu
• Use this menu to initiate a MOVES run.
• Options to pause, resume and stop your run.
• Once a run is completed, you can review any error
  messages that were generated during the run.
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                     Post-Processing  Menu
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Run MySQL Script on Output Databai
Produce Summary Report
Produce StatejCounty Map
            Run MySQL Script on MOVES Output Database
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This slide shows the contents of the Post-Processing pull-down menu.
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Post-Processing Menu
  Use this menu once you have results.
  You must select an existing output database.
  Options for processing output include:
  - Execute existing MySQL scripts.
  - Summarize results into text files.
  - Graphically represent results in a county map.
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                               Settings  Menu
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                                        ?: Configure MOVES...
             View MOVES User's Guide for help.
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This slide shows the contents of the Settings pull-down menu.
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Settings Menu
• Use this menu to configure MOVES:
  - Select default database.
  - Select shared working folder.
• This is an advanced feature. Normally no changes
  are needed.
• Improper configuration may cause MOVES to stop
  running.
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                                       Help  Menu
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               Adjust MOVES configuration settings...
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This slide shows the contents of the Help  pull-down menu.
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Access to the User Guide.
Access to the Software Design and Reference
Manual (SDRM).
 -  Detailed description of calculation steps.
 -  Detailed description of calculations.
Display the MOVES version information.
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              Help  Menu:  About  MOVES
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This version dated : 2009104106
Computer ID: NoComputerlD
Copyright U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Licensed for use pursuant to the GNU General Public License (GPL)
For information about the GPL see http:,'www.
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Description Panel
  The description should be used to help you
  remember the purpose of your run.
  This description will be stored in the Run
  Specification file.
  This description will also be stored in the
  MOVESRun table in the output database.
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Scale  Panel
  Three scale options:
   -  National: Using default values.
   -  County: Using user supplied local values.
   -  Project: Link level analysis.
  Two result options:
   -  Inventory: Results in tons (or grams).
   -  Emission Rates: Results in grams per mile.
  Make these decisions first.
  Your choice here will affect other panels.
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Time Span Panel
  Choose the time period to be modeled.
  Choose the level of detail of the calculations.
  Years: 1990, 1999-2050.
  Choose a range of hours of interest.
  Weekday or weekend days.
   - Different activity on each day type.
   - Both types needed for weeks, months or years.
  i'f you chose County scale, you may only choose
   5ne Year.
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           Geographic Bounds Panel
             Select the location(s) you wish to model:
             - county (counties) of interest, or
             - state of interest (all counties together), or
             - Select the nation (all 50 states and DC).
             If you selected the County or Project Level scale,
             you may select only a single county.
             You can model a multi-county domain if you select
             the Custom Domain option.
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A domain is an area where various parameters are shared.
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                                        Light Commercial Truck
                                        Motor Home
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On-Road Vehicle Panel
  Select fuel types of interest.
  Select the vehicle categories.
  Add the combinations.
  Warnings will appear for invalid combinations.
  Warnings will *not* affect the results.
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Road  Type Panel
  Selecting only some road types will cause
  warnings.
  Rural and urban roads have different driving
  behavior.
  Unrestricted roadways have traffic signals.
  Restricted roadways are the interstates and
  freeways with entry and exit ramps.
  Engine start and some evaporative emissions are
  put in the off-network category.
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Pollutant & Process Panel
  Each pollutant can be generated by one or more
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  Some emission processes generate only certain
  pollutants.
  Be sure to check all of the emission processes (or
  use the check box on the left) if you want all of the
  emissions of that pollutant from the vehicles
  calculated.
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Pollutant & Process Panel
  The calculation of some pollutant/process
  combinations depend on other pollutant/processes
  and both must be chosen.
  If you need VMT results, select it here.
  Be sure to check the Pollutant/Process
  Requirements box for errors and warnings.
  You will likely need to scroll to see all of the
  pollutants and processes.
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Manage Input Datasets Panel
  This where you indicate a database that replaces
  default data.
  The chosen database is assumed to contain the
  data you wish to use in this run.
  - There is an option to create an empty database.
  You may select more than one database.
  Conflicts are resolved  by using the data from the
  last database selected.
  County specific data is usually entered using the
  County Data Manager.
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CMIT).
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Strategies Panel
  Alternative Vehicle Fuel and Technology (AVFT).
   -  Select the fraction of diesel vehicles in each model year.
   -  Options for use of advanced technologies (i.e. hybrid).
  On-Road Retrofit
   -  Alters the emission rates for selected vehicles.
   -  Used to account for retrofit programs.
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General Output Panel
  Select a database to place the results:
   - Create a database, or
   - Choose an existing database.
   - Multiple runs will be assigned unique run ID values.
  Choose the units for the output values.
  You must choose the units for the VMT output if
  you have selected VMT output in the
  Pollutant/Process panel.
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Output Emissions Panel
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Output Emissions Panel
  This panel determines the amount of aggregation
  of the output.
  The amount of aggregation can only be greater
  than or equal to the level of aggregation chosen in
  the input panels.
  The default level of aggregation is by pollutant.
  Estimating Uncertainty- Not recommended.
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             Advanced  Performance Panel
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This Navigation Panel item invokes features which may be used to diagnose problems
with the model software, or to improve the run time for long model runs by saving and reusing
intermediate results. Use of these features requires knowledge of the detailed software
components of the MOVES program, the inputs they require, and the outputs they produce.
Users interested in these features should review the MOVES Software Design and Reference

This panel allows users save intermediate results from various portions of the model and
to turn off portions of the model code.
This panel also allows the user to "turn off' final aggregation of MOVES results.
Selecting the "Do Not Perform Final Aggregation" option can reduce execution time for large
runs. However, when this option is selected, the MOVES output tables may include rows with
duplicate key fields. The results from these rows should be summed to produce useful output.

this panel allows users to specify the database to be used when modeling a Custom
Domain. See Section 2.2.4 Geographic Bounds for additional information on the Custom
Domain option.
 Caution! It is possible to undo a custom database selection by hitting the "Refresh" button,
which clears the selected database.
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           Advanced Performance Panel
             Advanced Performance Features
              - This is an advanced feature primarily to reduce run time.
              - Save Data prevents MOVES from destroying intermediate
                result values from the MOVES execution database.
              - Don't Execute assumes that the results are already available
                in the input database or will not be needed for the final results.
              - Useful for diagnostics and obtaining intermediate results.
             You can choose a custom input database to
             supersede the default database.
             Don't use these features until you understand
             them.
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    Configure  MOVES  Panel
Configure MOVES
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Database: MOVESDBDRAFT2009
 Default Output Database
Server: localhost
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Browse...

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Configure MOVES Panel
  This will show you the name of the default
  database being used by MOVES.
  The location of the Shared Work folder is where
  MOVES and the Worker application share files
  when you run MOVES.
  Normally, you will not need to make changes in
  this panel.
  Changes can cause MOVES to stop working.
  Do not make changes in this panel until you
  understand it.
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           Default National Scale
             Uses primarily national average default values.
             Uses some county specific information.
             - Temperatures and humidity.
             - Fuel properties.
             Allocates national results to counties.
             Results do not meet regulatory requirements for
             SIP and Conformity determinations.
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Choose National from the Scale panel.
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Setting up a Run Specification
  MOVES cannot run without a valid Run
  Specification (runspec).
  A runspec indicates the location, time period,
  alternate data and output preferences.
  Runspecs can (should) be saved and can be re-
  loaded to be run again and/or edited.
  The GUI panels are used to set up your runspec.
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RunSpec Cautions
  Limit your run specification to just what you need.
  Organize your inputs and outputs so you don't get
  confused.
  Use naming conventions to help you identify files.
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            Setting up a Run Specification
              Enter a Description.
              Choose the National scale and Inventory
              calculation.
              Choose a single year/month/day/hour.
               -  This is the only scale where you can choose multiple years.
               -  Adding more year/month/day/hour will increase the run time.
               -  Do not use the Time Aggregation Level until you understand it.
              Choose one (or more) counties.
               -  This is the only scale where you can choose multiple counties.
               -  Adding more counties will increase the run time.
               -  Do not use the Nation/State regions until you understand
                 them.
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Using the Time Aggregation Level options will change the results.
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            Setting up  a Run Specification
                        •
              Choose a fuel and vehicle type.
               - Not all fuel/vehicle combinations are valid.
               - Even valid combinations may not produce results.
               - Adding combinations will increase run time.
              Select the road types.
              Select a pollutant and process and VMT.
               - Adding combinations will increase run time.
               - VMT results are selected here.  This will generate a warning.
              You currently have no user input datasets.
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Valid combination will not produce results if the fleet mix does not include these
vehicles.  For example, electric cars are a valid combination, but no results will be
reported if there are no electric cars in the fleet at the time and location you select.
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           Setting up a Run Specification
             You currently have no strategy inputs.
             Name and create an output database.
             - Do not name output the same as input databases.
             - Use naming conventions:
                • Input-name_in
                • Output - name_out
             Choose time/mass/distance units.
             Choose output granularity.
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Using consistent naming conventions will avoid confusion later.
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Output Emission Detail
  This panel determines the granularity of the output.
  By default, all results are aggregated by:
  - Time
  - Location
  - Pollutant
  Time and location can be further aggregated.
  More detailed output can be obtained.
  Source Classification Code (SCC) is a special case.
  Do not select uncertainty until you understand it.

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This  panel shows where you can describe your analysis.
A good description will help you keep track of your results.
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• National Use the default national database with default state and local allocation factors.
Caution: Do not use this scale setting for SIP or conformity
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/(\ the state or county level have not been vermeil against specific
^^^ state or county data and do not meet regulatory requirements for
SIPs and conformity determinations.
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Note: Use this scale setting for SIP and regional conformity analysis.
Use of this scale setting requires user-supplied local data for most
activity and fleet inputs.
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Note: Use this scale setting for project-level analysis for conformity,
NEPA, or any other regulatory purpose. Use of this scale setting requires
user-supplied data at the link level for activity and fleet inputs that
describe a particular transportation project.

• Inventory Mass and. or Energy within a region and time span.
,~: Emission Rates Mass and/or Energy per unit of activity.
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Choose Domain Scale of National.  Choose Calculation Type of Inventory.  (We will
discuss Emission Rates later.)


This option allows you to access all of the default data stored in MOVES for the
individual counties.
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Remember not to mess with the Time Aggregation Level until you understand what
it does.
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                                                            Scale window and select "County" before specifying a county in this window.
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I've picked  two counties  in  Indiana, one with  an  I/M  program and one without.
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I  chose all of the road types to make sure I  get all of the activity.  Some activity
occurs off of the  highways  (such as  engine  starts and some evaporative emissions)
and will be  omitted from the results unless the Off-Network road type is selected.
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I chose only pollutants from the Running Exhaust process. Choosing more
pollutants and processes will increase the time for the run.


This is where you can select output of the vehicle miles traveled (VMT). This will
cause a warning that you must set the units for distance on the General Output
panel.
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You cannot select the units for distance unless you selected distance output on the
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I will not be getting output by model year or fuel type. I have only chosen one
emission process so selecting it will not differentiate any output, but by checking this
box, the emission process field will be labeled (same for source use type). I will not
be getting output by SCC. These choices will not affect the time it takes to run the
model, but can increase (or decrease) the size of the output table and the amount of
time for post-aggregation. You cannot disaggregate your output file once the run
has been completed, so generally choose the most disaggregated scenario that you
might ever need unless you are certain you do not need some detail.  Results can
always be aggregated later (with some effort).
See what happens when you choose SCC, but change your selection back to what
is shown above.
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                      Action:  Execute
                   Do you want to save the run specification before executing?
                   Description: Lake and Newton Counties Indiana July 2013
Yes

No

Cancel
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One last chance to make changes or otherwise stop the run.
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When running this screen will appear.


The time to completion estimates are very bad. The execution progress bar is also
not a good indicator as to how much time remains in the run.
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                       MOVES Worker
                        Number of Files Processed:  0
                        Number of Interruptions:   0
                        Computer ID: Daves Computer  Worker Release Date: 2009i02i25
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When you run MOVES, a worker will automatically be launched and generate this
window.
This window will automatically close when the run is completed.
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The MOVES console window shows you what MOVES is doing and will report
problems.
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The Shared Work folder is a subdirectory of the MOVES folder in the Program Files
directory. It shows you the ID of the Master and Worker and you can see the
intermediate products (todo files, inprogress files and done files).


When a run is completed, the Worker ID file and all of the intermediate files will be
gone.
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                   Run Completion
          Run Completion

                 Run has ended. Output database was: lndiana_mo





                              OK
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MOVES will generate this window to inform you that the run has completed.
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              Advanced Performance Features

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The Action menu has an option for MOVES Run Error Log that you can use to
review any error or warning messages generated during your run.


You can also use this option to review error or warning messages generated during
previous runs (by run ID) stored in the output database indicated in the loaded run
specification.
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                    Error Log Window
         Select Run: Run: 1 2009 03 27 14:19:30 ^
         No MOVESError log entries for RunID = 1
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This is what an Error Log Window looks like. You can select the Run ID if more
than one run is stored in the output database.
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This slide shows the 10 output tables created by MOVES in the indiana_mo
database using the MySQL Query Browser software. The movesoutput table is
shown.
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                                 &EPA
MOVES Output
• All results are stored in MySQL tables.
• There are various options for viewing, exporting or
  processing the output.
• We will discuss handling output next.
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                                    &EPA
Concepts: Aggregation
  Aggregation of input:
   - Reduces run time
   - Changes the results.
  Aggregation of output:
   - reduces the size of the output table.
   - Permanently eliminates more detailed results.
  Don't aggregate input until you understand it.
  Generally: Perform any aggregation of output as a
  post-processing step.
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Aggregation
  Input aggregation:
   - Time Aggregation Level in the Time Spans panel.
   - Region in the Geographic Bounds panel.
   - These choices will affect your output aggregation options.
  Output aggregation:
   - Located in the Output Emissions Panel.
   - By default, all output is  already aggregated to time, location
     and pollutant.
   - You must choose to get more detailed output by model year,
     fuel  type, emission process, road type or vehicle class.
   - You can also choose further aggregation of time and location.
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