Welcome to flex_extract’s user documentation!

Flex_extract is an open-source software to retrieve meteorological fields from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Mars archive to serve as input files for the FLEXTRA/FLEXPART Atmospheric Transport Modelling system.

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Table of Contents:

• Installation
  • Registration at ECMWF
  • Licence agreement for public datasets
  • Download flex_extract
  • Dependencies
  • Installation of flex_extract
  • Flex_extract in combination with FLEXPART
  • Test installation
    • Fortran program test
    • Full test
• Quick Start
  • Job preparation
    • Remote and gateway modes
    • Local mode
  • Selection and adjustment of CONTROL files
    • Public datasets
    • CERA
    • ERA 5
    • ERA-Interim
    • Operational data
    • Specific features
    • Hints for definition of some parameter combinations
• ECMWF Data
• Documentation
• Evaluation
• Developer Guide
• Changelog
  • Release v7.1
    • New Features
    • Changes
  • Release v7.0.4
    • New Features
    • Bug fixes
  • Release v7.0.3
    • New Features
  • Release v7.0.2
    • New Features
    • Changes
  • Release v0.1 - v6.0
• Support
  • Ticket system
  • Mailing list
  • Reporting an issue
  • Known bugs and issues
  • FAQ
• FAQ - Frequently asked questions
  • What can I do if I can’t install the third party libraries from distribution packages?
• Developer Team