Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Varanasi, Srinivas
Author's Email Address	svaran1@lsu.edu
URN	etd-1113103-124913
Title	Assessing the Feasibility of Supplying Vehicle Activity Data to MOBILE6 Using the Global Positioning System (GPS)
Degree	Master of Science in Civil Engineering (M.S.C.E.)
Department	Civil & Environmental Engineering
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Chester G Wilmot Committee Chair Brian Wolshon Committee Member Sherif Ishak Committee Member
Keywords	overlay procedure MOBILE6 vehicle activity data GPS
Date of Defense	2003-10-20
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract MOBILE6 is a software program developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to estimate current and future vehicle emissions. The EPA requires all states to develop emission inventories for State Implementation Plans (SIPs) and to demonstrate conformity in non-attainment areas. The primary objective of the MOBILE models is to develop emission inventories in compliance with EPA’s regulations. The research reported in this study is primarily a proof-of-concept study of the feasibility of the Global Positioning System (GPS) to supply vehicle activity data to MOBILE6. However, it also deals with identifying vehicle registration input to MOBILE6 using non-GPS sources. Input data obtained from GPS and non-GPS sources are graphically and statistically compared with the EPA’s national default values.
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