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Why are the results different for the same run on the web versus the PC?

Posted: July 22nd, 2021, 1:21 pm
by sonny.zinn
[Note that the question and the answer below are recreated from a HYSPLIT FAQ site that predates this forum site. The original posting date is unknown.]

There are several possibilities for the differences you are seeing.
  • the version of HYSPLIT may be different….we test new updates to HYSPLIT on the web site before releasing them to the PC version,
  • the values we set in the SETUP.CFG and CONTROL files may be different than what you have set in yours,
  • finally, due to the random number generator, the dispersion will be very slightly different when running the same case on different computing platforms.
Glenn Rolph