Download the TAF Analytica^® Model

TAF1998.zip  (780 KB)  compressed for Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 machines

TAF1998.sea.hqx  (780 KB) compressed for Macintosh machines

The TAF Model is built in Analytica^®, a visual modelling and simulation tool by Lumina Decision Systems (download a free trial for use with the TAF model here).  Once you have extracted the files on your computer, open the file 1998TAF.ana with Analytica.

Documentation

Download the complete TAF User's Guide (300+pp.) in Acrobat format (requires Adobe Acrobat)

Read a summary of the electric utility emissions simulation model, written in Analytica by Resources for the Future and Lumina.

Review the 1997 NAPAP/DOE Peer Review of TAF, and the TAF team's comments on the peer review

Read an Online Tutorial  and learn how to navigate the model in Analytica

Presented Conference Papers Require Adobe Acrobat

Expanding the Horizons of the Visibility Assessment Scoping Model; Jack D. Shannon; Presented at the 10th Joint Conf. on Applications of Air Pollution Meterology of the American Meteorological Society and the Air and Waste Management Conference on Acid Rain and Electric Utilities; January 1998

Innovations in Integrated Assessment: The Tracking and Analysis Framework (TAF);  Max Henrion, Ph.D.; Richard Sonnenblick, Ph.D.; Cary Bloyd, Ph.D.; Presented at the Air and Waste Management Conference on Acid Rain and Electric Utilities, January 1997

Lessons in the collaborative construction of an environmental integrated assessment model: The Tracking and Analysis Framework;  Richard Sonnenblick, Ph.D.; Max Henrion, Ph.D.; Kevin Soo Hoo; Presented at the Air and Waste Management Conference on Acid Rain and Electric Utilities, January 1997

Modeling Air Pollution in the Tracking and Analysis Framework (TAF); Jack D. Shannon; Presented at the 10th Joint Conf. on Applications of Air Pollution Meterology of the American Meteorological Society and the Air and Waste Management Conference on Acid Rain and Electric Utilities; January 1998

Uncertainty in the Tracking and Analysis Framework Integrated Assessment: The Value of Knowing How Little You Know; Richard Sonnenblick, Ph.D.; Max Henrion, Ph.D.; Presented at the Air and Waste Management Conference on Acid Rain and Electric Utilities, January 1997

The Welfare Impacts of Restructuring and Environmental Regulatory Reform in the Electric Power Sector; Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer, Anthony Paul;  Prepared for presentation to the Southern Economics Association Meetings, November 8-10, 1998 in Baltimore, Maryland

Published Journal Articles Require Adobe Acrobat

The Costs and Benefits of Reducing Acid Rain;  Dallas Burtraw, Alan Krupnic, Erin Mansur, David Austin, and Deirdre Farrell; Contemporary Economic Policy, vol. 16, October 1998

Electricity Restructuring and Regional Air Pollution; Karen Palmer and Dallas Burtraw; Resource and Energy Economics, vol. 19, 1997.

Modeling Visibility for Assessment; Jack D. Shannon, Edward C. Trexler, Jr., Richard Sonnenblick; Atmospheric Environment, vol. 31, No. 22, 1997

Reduced-Form Modelling of Surface Water and Soil Chemistry for the Tracking and Analysis Framework; Water, Air and Soil Pollution, vol. 105: pp.617-642, 1998

Discussion Papers Require Adobe Acrobat

The Impact of Electricity Restructuring on NOx Emissions Affecting the Environment in Maryland; Dallas Burtraw, Karen Palmer, Anthony Paul; September 25, 1998