Trajectory Dimensions?

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clarkd
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Trajectory Dimensions?

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What would the "width" of a wind trajectory be?
alicec
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Re: Trajectory Dimensions?

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Please see our tutorial or publication to understand how trajectories are calculated.
I think that going through section 4 of the tutorial may be of help to you.
https://ready.arl.noaa.gov/documents/Tu ... _eqns.html

Also see:
Stein, A.F., Draxler, R.R, Rolph, G.D., Stunder, B.J.B., Cohen, M.D., and Ngan, F., (2015). NOAA's HYSPLIT atmospheric transport and dispersion modeling system, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 2059-2077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00110.1this link opens in a new window
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10. ... 14-00110.1
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