NOAA’s HYSPLIT Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion Modeling System
2015/05/04 by A. F. Stein, Ariel Stein, R. R. Draxler +9 · 6,898 citations
Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Aerosol #Air pollution #Atmospheric aerosols and clouds #Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics #Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols #Atmospheric dispersion modeling #Atmospheric sciences #Chemistry #Deposition (geology) #Dispersion (optics) #Environmental science #Geology #HYSPLIT #Lagrangian #Meteorology #Physics #Trajectory
paper · doi:10.1175/bams-d-14-00110.1
published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 96(12), 2059-2077 (American Meteorological Society)
openalex publication_date 2015/05/04 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract
Abstract The Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model (HYSPLIT), developed by NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory, is one of the most widely used models for atmospheric trajectory and dispersion calculations. We present the model’s historical evolution over the last 30 years from simple hand-drawn back trajectories to very sophisticated computations of transport, mixing, chemical transformation, and deposition of pollutants and hazardous materials. We highlight recent applications of the HYSPLIT modeling system, including the simulation of atmospheric tracer release experiments, radionuclides, smoke originated from wild fires, volcanic ash, mercury, and wind-blown dust.
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