# FLEXPART test data set

FLEXPART model version 11
Reference: Bakels, L., Tatsii, D., Tipka, A., Thompson, R., Dütsch, M., Blaschek, M., Seibert, P., Baier, K., Bucci, S., Cassiani, M., Eckhardt, S., Groot Zwaaftink, C., Henne, S., Kaufmann, P., Lechner, V., Maurer, C., Mulder, M. D., Pisso, I., Plach, A., Subramanian, R., Vojta, M., and Stohl, A.: FLEXPART version 11: improved accuracy, efficiency, and flexibility, Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 7595–7627, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-7595-2024, 2024.

Currently there are two different datasets available:

Based on CERA-20C Reanalysis from ECMWF.
 Laloyaux, P., de Boisseson, E., Balmaseda, M., Bidlot, J.-R., Broennimann, S., Buizza, R., et al. (2018). CERA-20C: A coupled reanalysis of the twentieth century. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 10, 1172–1195. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018MS001273 

post processed FLEXPART input data for the ETEX comparison

EC1994102312
EC1994102318
EC1994102400
EC1994102406
EC1994102412
EC1994102418
EC1994102500
EC1994102506
EC1994102512
EC1994102518
EC1994102600
EC1994102606
EC1994102612
EC1994102618
EC1994102700
EC1994102706
EC1994102712

general FLEXPART testing

EC2009010100
EC2009010106

This data is only been used in automated testing of the FLEXPART software. It is not intended to be redistributed. 

FLEXPART gitlab repo: https://gitlab.phaidra.org/flexpart/flexpart
Please report any issues there.
Date: 2025-05