#!/usr/bin/env python3 # # disp_dyn.py --- Dynamic or Lagrangian Sampling # See HYSPLIT Tutorial Sec. 17.2 # # Change history: # 08 May 2026 (BB) - standard-aligned, cross-platform version # 16 Jun 2026 (SZ) - create image files when DSP=NO # 18 Jun 2026 (SZ) - standardize code for run_cmd(), convert_html_to_img(), # etc. across Python scripts # - ensure encoding is specified when opening files import os import sys import platform from pathlib import Path import subprocess if sys.version_info < (3, 8): print("Please use Python 3.8 or higher.") sys.exit(1) system = platform.system().lower() if system == "windows": PGM = Path(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else Path("C:\\hysplit") OUT = Path(sys.argv[2]) if len(sys.argv) > 2 else PGM / "working" DSP = sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else "YES" TTR = Path(os.environ.get("TTR", "C:\\Tutorial")) exe_suffix = ".exe" else: PGM = Path(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else Path.home() / "hysplit" OUT = Path(sys.argv[2]) if len(sys.argv) > 2 else PGM / "working" DSP = sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else "YES" TTR = Path(os.environ.get("TTR", Path.home() / "tutorial")) exe_suffix = "" if not PGM.exists(): script = Path(__file__).name if "__file__" in globals() else "disp_dyn.py" print(f"ERROR: HYSPLIT not found at {PGM}") print(f""" Please specify the path to your HYSPLIT installation using a command-line argument: python {script} YOUR_HYSPLIT_DIRECTORY [OUT] [DSP (YES|NO)] Example: python {script} C:\\hysplit C:\\hysplit\\working YES """) sys.exit(1) if not TTR.exists(): print(f"ERROR: HYSPLIT tutorial not found at {TTR}") print(""" Please set the TTR environment variable to point to your HYSPLIT tutorial directory. For Windows users (Command Prompt): SET TTR=YOUR_HYSPLIT_TUTORIAL_DIRECTORY For Linux users (bash shell): export TTR='YOUR_HYSPLIT_TUTORIAL_DIRECTORY' For Linux users (csh or tcsh shell): setenv TTR 'YOUR_HYSPLIT_TUTORIAL_DIRECTORY'""") sys.exit(1) os.chdir(OUT) # ------------------------------------------------------------------ # Helper function # ------------------------------------------------------------------ def run_cmd(cmd, desc="", allow_fail=False, stdout_file=None, append=False): if desc: print(f"{desc}...") exitcode = 0 with subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, text=True) as p: if stdout_file: mode="a" if append else "w" with open(stdout_file, mode, encoding="utf-8") as f_out: for ln in p.stdout: print(ln, end="") f_out.write(ln) else: with p.stdout as f: for ln in iter(f.readline, b'\n'): if len(ln) == 0: break print(ln.rstrip()) done = False while not done: try: exitcode = p.wait(timeout=1) done = True except subprocess.TimeoutExpired: print("WARN: subprocess timed out.") if exitcode != 0: if allow_fail: print(f"WARN: command failed with exit code {exitcode} -> {' '.join(cmd)}") else: print(f"ERROR: command failed with exit code {exitcode} -> {' '.join(cmd)}") sys.exit(1) def find_met_dir(dat_name: str): env_override = os.environ.get("METDIR") candidates = [] if env_override: candidates.append(Path(env_override)) candidates += [ wrk / "captex", TTR / "captex", TTR, PGM / "tutorial" / "captex", PGM / "tutorial", OUT / "captex", PGM / "met", PGM / "meteorology", ] for base in candidates: if base and (base / dat_name).exists(): return base for root in [TTR, wrk, PGM]: try: for p in Path(root).rglob(dat_name): return p.parent except Exception: pass return None # ---------- Mirror BAT variables ---------- wrk = OUT.parent inp = "hysplit2.bin" syr, smo, sda, shr = 83, 9, 25, 17 lat, lon, lvl = 39.90, -84.22, 10.0 run, top = 11, 10000.0 dat = "captex2_wrf27uw.bin" met = find_met_dir(dat) if met is None: print(f"ERROR: Meteorological file not found: {dat}") print("Set METDIR to the directory containing the file.") print("Example Windows: SET METDIR=C:\\Tutorial\\captex") sys.exit(1) # Clean files for fname in [ "ASCDATA.CFG", "CONTROL", "SETUP.CFG", "LAGSET.CFG", inp, "LAGOUT.TXT", ]: p = OUT / fname if p.exists(): p.unlink() # ASCDATA.CFG with open(OUT / "ASCDATA.CFG", "w", encoding="ascii") as f: f.write("-90.0 -180.0 lat/lon of lower left corner \n") f.write("1.0 1.0 lat/lon spacing in degrees \n") f.write("180 360 lat/lon number of data points \n") f.write("2 default land use category \n") f.write("0.2 default roughness length (m) \n") f.write(f"'{PGM / 'bdyfiles'}{os.sep}' directory of files\n") # CONTROL odir = f".{os.sep}" with open(OUT / "CONTROL", "w", encoding="ascii") as f: f.write(f"{syr:02d} {smo:02d} {sda:02d} {shr:02d}\n") f.write("1\n") f.write(f"{lat:.2f} {lon:.2f} {lvl:.1f}\n") f.write(f"{run}\n") f.write("0\n") f.write(f"{top:.1f}\n") f.write("1\n") f.write(f"{met}{os.sep}\n") f.write(f"{dat}\n") f.write("1\n") f.write("PMCH\n") f.write("67000.0\n") f.write("3.0\n") f.write("00 00 00 00 00\n") f.write("1\n") f.write("42.0 -78.0\n") f.write("0.05 0.05\n") f.write("15.0 25.0\n") f.write(f"{odir}\n") f.write(f"{inp}\n") f.write("2\n") f.write("800 1000\n") f.write("83 09 26 00 00\n") f.write("83 09 28 15 00\n") f.write("01 01 00\n") f.write("1\n") f.write("0.0 0.0 0.0\n") f.write("0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0\n") f.write("0.0 0.0 0.0\n") f.write("0.0\n") f.write("0.0\n") # SETUP.CFG with open(OUT / "SETUP.CFG", "w", encoding="ascii") as f: f.write("&SETUP\n") f.write("kmsl = 1,\n") f.write("initd = 3,\n") f.write("numpar = 5000,\n") f.write("maxpar = 100000,\n") f.write("/\n") # LAGSET.CFG with open(OUT / "LAGSET.CFG", "w", encoding="ascii") as f: f.write("1\n") f.write("40.86 -81.81 914.0\n") f.write("290.0 50.0\n") f.write("83 09 26 02 48\n") f.write("83 09 26 02 48\n") f.write("06\n") f.write("06\n") f.write("'LAGOUT.TXT'\n") # Run model run_cmd( [str(PGM / "exec" / f"hycs_std{exe_suffix}")], "Running hycs_std" ) # Display lagrangian output lagout = OUT / "LAGOUT.TXT" if lagout.exists(): print("\n--- LAGOUT.TXT ---\n") print(lagout.read_text(encoding="ascii")) else: print("Warning: LAGOUT.TXT not generated") # Remove LAGSET.CFG lagset = OUT / "LAGSET.CFG" if lagset.exists(): lagset.unlink() print("\nDeleted LAGSET.CFG") print("\nScript completed successfully!")