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*      Input file for the Lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART                                       *
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 LDIRECT=               1, ! Simulation direction in time   ; 1 (forward) or -1 (backward)
 IBDATE=         20120101, ! Start date of the simulation   ; YYYYMMDD: YYYY=year, MM=month, DD=day  
 IBTIME=           060000, ! Start time of the simulation   ; HHMISS: HH=hours, MI=min, SS=sec; UTC
 IEDATE=         20120101, ! End date of the simulation     ; same format as IBDATE 
 IETIME=           120000, ! End  time of the simulation    ; same format as IBTIME
 LOUTSTEP=           3600, ! Interval of model output; average concentrations calculated every LOUTSTEP (s)  
 LOUTAVER=           3600, ! Interval of output averaging (s)
 LOUTSAMPLE=          900, ! Interval of output sampling  (s), higher stat. accuracy with shorter intervals
 LOUTRESTART=       86400, ! Interval of writing restart files (s), switched off when set to -1
 LRECOUTSTEP=        3600, ! Interval of model output at receptors (s)
 LRECOUTAVER=        3600, ! Interval of receptor output averaging (s)
 LRECOUTSAMPLE=      1200, ! Interval of receptor output sampling (s)
 LSYNCTIME=           900, ! All processes are synchronized to this time interval (s)
 CTL=          -5.0000000, ! CTL>1, ABL time step = (Lagrangian timescale (TL))/CTL, uses LSYNCTIME if CTL<0
 IFINE=                 4, ! Reduction for time step in vertical transport, used only if CTL>1 
 IOUT=                  1, ! Gridded output type: [0]off [1]mass 2]pptv 3]1&2 4]plume 5]1&4, +8 for NetCDF output     
 IPOUT=                 0, ! Particle position output: 0]off 1]every output 2]only at end
 LSUBGRID=              0, ! Increase of ABL heights due to sub-grid scale orographic variations;[0]off 1]on 
 LCONVECTION=           1, ! Switch for convection parameterization;0]off [1]on
 LTURBULENCE=           1, ! Switch for turbulence parameterisation;0]off [1]on
 LTURBULENCE_MESO=      0, ! Switch for mesoscale turbulence parameterisation;0]off (recommended) [1]on
 LAGESPECTRA=           0, ! Switch for calculation of age spectra (needs AGECLASSES);[0]off 1]on
 IPIN=                  0, ! Warm start from particle dump; [0]no 1]from restart.bin file 2]from previous partoutput file 3]self made initial conditions 4]restart.bin and self made initial conditions
 IOUTPUTFOREACHRELEASE= 1, ! Separate output fields for each location in the RELEASE file; [0]no 1]yes 
 IFLUX=                 0, ! Output of mass fluxes through output grid box boundaries
 MDOMAINFILL=           0, ! Switch for domain-filling, if limited-area particles generated at boundary
 IND_SOURCE=            1, ! Unit to be used at the source; [1]mass 2]mass mixing ratio 
 IND_RECEPTOR=          1, ! Unit to be used at the receptor; [0]no receptor [1]mass 2]mass mixing ratio 3]wet depo. 4]dry depo.
 MQUASILAG=             0, ! Quasi-Lagrangian mode to track individual numbered particles 
 NESTED_OUTPUT=         0, ! Output also for a nested domain 
 LNETCDFOUT=            1, ! Gridded netcdf output: [0]no [1]yes
 LINIT_COND=            0, ! Output sensitivity to initial conditions (bkw mode only) [0]off 1]conc 2]mmr 
 SFC_ONLY=              0, ! Output only for the lowest model layer, used w/ LINIT_COND=1 or 2
 CBLFLAG=               0, ! Skewed, not Gaussian turbulence in the convective ABL, need large CTL and IFINE
 NXSHIFT=             359, ! Shift of the global meteorological data. Default 359 for ECMWF and 0 for GFS if not given
 MAXTHREADGRID=         1, ! Set maximum number of threads for doing grid computations. Recommended to set this no higher than 16. High numbers create more overhead and a larger memory footprint, 1=no parallelisation on grid.
 MAXFILESIZE=       10000, ! Maximum output of each partoutput NetCDF-4 file in Mb before a new one is created
 LOGVERTINTERP=         0, ! Flag to set all vertical interpolation to logarithmic instead of linear
 LCMOUTPUT=             0, ! Switch for the Linear Chemistry Module; [0] off [1] on
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