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Defiant_Prune t1_j9gyluc wrote

NOAA has a balloon flight simulator using gov weather info.

https://www.ready.noaa.gov/hypub-bin/trajsrc.pl?trjtype=4

The HYSPLIT system is powerful and can bring a desktop computer to its knees, but the output is pretty good.

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import_torch-nn OP t1_j9h49km wrote

I suppose that is the government system I believe have existed

Although that one require some aviation background to 'play with' (as a game)

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Defiant_Prune t1_j9h9lmq wrote

Didn’t mean to disparage your work. You are correct, it is not very user friendly.

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import_torch-nn OP t1_j9hb44y wrote

no worries

my site is meant to be for fun instead of an accurate research tool anyways and the gov site is a good professional perspective

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Prefeitura t1_j9hvsn9 wrote

don't mind the comparison, the govt simulator is dogshit. yours is better by so, so much. Do you mind crafting the trajectory of a ballon being released from east palestine, with information since february 3? this way we could know where that smoke went...

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import_torch-nn OP t1_j9hztar wrote

ahaha, I see

yea I have thought of making a atmospheric contamination spread simulation using the same engine, I would definitely try it out soon

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Prefeitura t1_j9i15zv wrote

so many people are in dire need of information about that right now... you did a great job there, and it would be brilliant if you did so. let us know when you get there :)

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chemical_sunset t1_j9ib2xx wrote

There is actually a desktop version with even more functionality (I used it for my dissertation research)

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