Table of Contents - The Atmospheric Studies Group at TRC

Section 1: Introduction
The CALPUFF output files are summarized in Table 1-6. The list file contains a copy of the inputs used
in the run, optional output fields of gridded and discrete receptor concentrations, wet deposition fluxes,
and dry deposition fluxes and other run data. The CONC.DAT, WFLX.DAT, and DFLX.DAT files
contain the output concentrations, wet and dry fluxes, respectively, in an unformatted form suitable for
further processing by the postprocessing program, CALPOST. The VISB.DAT file contains relative
humidity information which is required by CALPOST in order to perform certain visibility-related
computations. The model can generate an optional output restart file (RESTARTE.DAT) containing all
the puff parameters needed to continue the CALPUFF simulation. The output restart file can be
generated at regular intervals of the simulation to protect against loss of the simulation resulting from
power failures or other interruptions. The output restart file of a run serves as the input restart file of the
next (continuation) run.
Three additional files may be produced for diagnostic purposes. When CALPUFF is run with the debug
switch set to true, much information about specific puffs is written to the list file for specific sampling
steps. Summary information for these puffs is also written to the file DEBUG.DAT. Because of the
volume of information written to list file, the debug option is generally used for very short periods.
Options to characterize changes in pollutant mass report results to the files MASSFLX.DAT and
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