How do I run the dispersion simulation backwards?
Posted: July 22nd, 2021, 1:07 pm
[Note that the question and the answer below are recreated from a HYSPLIT FAQ site that predates this forum site. The original author and the posting date are unknown.]
Question:
I downloaded the latest version of HYSPLIT for the PC. How do I run the dispersion simulation backwards? I tried a negative number of hours run time, as for backward trajectories, but I got the same result as with positive number of hours.
Answer:
Setting up the backward run can be a little tricky. Your run appeared to produce the same result because it didn’t create a new output file and hence the display program used the concentration output file from the previous successful forward calculation.
In addition to the run time being negative, the emission start-stop and sampling start-stop times must be reversed. A sample configuration is available below.
Question:
I downloaded the latest version of HYSPLIT for the PC. How do I run the dispersion simulation backwards? I tried a negative number of hours run time, as for backward trajectories, but I got the same result as with positive number of hours.
Answer:
Setting up the backward run can be a little tricky. Your run appeared to produce the same result because it didn’t create a new output file and hence the display program used the concentration output file from the previous successful forward calculation.
In addition to the run time being negative, the emission start-stop and sampling start-stop times must be reversed. A sample configuration is available below.
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