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The simulation itself is defined by the 'bwd_time' FLEXPART Run icon and the 'rel_inv' FLEXPART Release icon, respectively. Both these are encompassed in a single macro called 'bwd_time.mv'. For simplicity will use this macro to examine the settings in detail.
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If we run this macro (or alternatively right-click execute the FLEXPART Run icon) the results (after a minute or so) will be available in folder 'result_bwd'. The computations actually took place in a temporary folder then Metview copied the results to the output folder. If we open this folder we will see two files:
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Macro 'plot_time_step3.mv' shows how to plot the total residence time for the whole atmospheric column. It goes exactly like Step 2 but we need to omit top_level and bottom_level in the flexpart_total_column() call:
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