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What is FLEXPART?
FLEXPART is a Lagrangian particle dispersion model developed and used by a scientific community. It can be driven by meteorological input data from a variety of global and regional models including ECMWF analyses and forecasts.
The home of the software is https://www.flexpart.eu/.
What Metview version do I need for FLEXPART?
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The minimum Metview version to use is 5.0. |
How to use FLEXPART with Metview?
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and visualise the resulting output files. For the visualisation the gridded outputs in FLEXPART's custom binary format are converted to GRIB (click here for details).
Tutorial
There is a tutorial available on the use of FLEXPART with Metview . explaining both the basics of the FLEXPART simulations and the related visualisation techniques. The snapshots below showcase a few of the FLEXPART plot types that can be generated with Metview:
What FLEXPART version is supported in Metview?
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Please note that the Metview interface was written for version 9.02 of FLEXPART. |
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Details about setting up the Metview FLEXPART interface outside ECMWF can be accessed here.