Configuring a Graphical User Interface for Managing Local HYSPLIT Model Runs Through AWIPS

• In previous work (Dreher, 2009), the AMU obtained and installed the latest version of HYSPLIT on a Linux system that ingests routine NCEP model products. The AMU also configured a utility program to convert WRF EMS output into HYSPLIT binary format for use in generating dispersion forecasts from a locally run mesoscale model. Several scripts were created to run a sequence of commands to generate HySPLIT trajectory and concentration output on a routine schedule. The scripts reference parameter files for each product that contain the necessary trajectory and concentration HYSPLIT variables.