Application of HYSPLIT for tracing flying insects
Posted: February 8th, 2022, 11:08 pm
Hello, fellow HYSPLIT users!
I started a new project regarding tracing flying insects(pests). I wish to know where precisely the insects are originating from (using back trajectory) and to predict which region they would affect severely(using forward trajectory) for sake of crop yields and economy.
I have read many papers that utilized the HYSPLIT model to do the similar research, but none of them specifically mentioned what parameters they used and/or their rationale. Moreover, I was told that the 5.1.0 version of the model includes insect horizontal speed to trajectory calculations, but I can't find it, although I am using the very version.
I would love to ask the following example questions:
Can I put the weight of flying insects' weight in 'Density(g/cc)'? (as shown in the attachment)
Can I put the average flying velocity of insects 'Vel(m/s)'?
Can I put the size of insects in 'Particle Diameter(um)'?
Could you please give me some inspiration on parameter decisions for this project?
Thanks a lot!
Best,
Juhyeong
I started a new project regarding tracing flying insects(pests). I wish to know where precisely the insects are originating from (using back trajectory) and to predict which region they would affect severely(using forward trajectory) for sake of crop yields and economy.
I have read many papers that utilized the HYSPLIT model to do the similar research, but none of them specifically mentioned what parameters they used and/or their rationale. Moreover, I was told that the 5.1.0 version of the model includes insect horizontal speed to trajectory calculations, but I can't find it, although I am using the very version.
I would love to ask the following example questions:
Can I put the weight of flying insects' weight in 'Density(g/cc)'? (as shown in the attachment)
Can I put the average flying velocity of insects 'Vel(m/s)'?
Can I put the size of insects in 'Particle Diameter(um)'?
Could you please give me some inspiration on parameter decisions for this project?
Thanks a lot!
Best,
Juhyeong