Updates Log

Go back to: https://tools.airfire.org

See Playground Help pages: Playground v3.5 Help

Capabilities:

Release: April 2022

• • • Improved runtimes

    • Enabled Expert Mode for HYSPLIT parameters

      • • Added flexibility to enter Output Grid Size, the Number of Particles, and the Grid Resolution

        • Added parameters for Dry Deposition and Wet Deposition

        • Added flexibility to enter the layer of thickness

    • Established a Met archive protocol

    • Added NOAA’s 1.27-km Fire Weather variable domains to the meteorological domains

Release: January 2022

• • • Visual Range output (NWCG Smoke Management Guide for Prescribed Fire pg.251)

Release: April 2021

• • • VSMOKE is available for dispersion

    • New buttons for improved control over updating fuels (Emissions Input)

    • Time profile - manually adjust in Advanced (Emissions Input)

    • Downloadable Emissions Report and Dispersion Report in PDF format

    • New domain map (HYSPLIT Dispersion - Meteorology Input)

    • Plume rise - modifiable up to 200% (HYSPLIT Dispersion Input)

Bug Fixes:

• • • Fixed smoldering profile

    • Default to 0.25 domain extent (HYSPLIT Dispersion Input)

    • Include FCCS 0 and 900 fuel types (to avoid interface hang)

    • Updated default values for shrub and canopy consumption in Wildfires. (Emissions Input)