READY - Locusts

Trajectory Matrix

Swarm name:

for naming output files.

Start date and direction:

Meteorological data Information and grid domains of forecast datasets.

For a longer forecast, 0.25 degree GFS data may run out prematurely. This application will automatically switch to 1 degree GFS to complete the locust forecast.

Start date (UTC)

Direction

Duration day(s)

First-day start time (UTC)

First-day ending time (UTC)

Start location:

The source matrix is specified by the start location, the spacings in latitude/longitude, and the number of points in the latitude/longitude directions. However, the total number of source locations CANNOT EXCEED 125, which is about a 11x11 lat/lon grid with a 1 degree spacing.

SW corner lat. deg

Lat. Spacing deg

Lat. Points

SW corner long. deg

Long. Spacing deg

Long. Points

Height m

Locust flight time:

Fly without overnight stops

Time to take off after sunrise hr(s)

Time to land before sunset hr(s)

Water avoidance:

Avoid landing on a body of water

Water fill fraction [0, 1]

Max single flight hr(s)

Min resting period hr(s)

Plot options:

Map background

Plot radius km

GIS file:

by day

by height

by each day-height

all trajectories in one file

use lines not points

Plot grid size deg

Color Opacity %

Advanced:

Vertical motion