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ALOFT-FT Installation

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System Requirements

Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP® required. Will not operate with Windows 3.X.

15 MB free disk space to download and install.

Pentium® or better processor recommended.

32 MB or more memory recommended.


Licensing

ALOFT-FT™ is a contribution of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.) and is not subject to copyright.

ALOFT-FT may be freely distributed.

The runtime libraries distributed with the program are copyrighted and may be used without fees only in conjunction with this program.

As with any research product, it is recommended that the programs be used only by individuals who are knowledgeable concerning the assumptions and limitations. The National Institute of Standards and Technology makes no warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the software and documentation, including but not limited to the implied warranties of suitability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and correctness of the programs and information.


Installing the Program

The program is located in the directory /software/aloft-ft/program. To start the installation either execute SETUP.EXE or use the Add/Remove Programs feature in the Control Panel folder. When you see the statement "Windows was unable to locate the installation program…" use the browse feature to locate the folder you created for the program and select SETUP.EXE.


Sample Data and Output Files

The directory /software/aloft-ft/program/data310 contains a smaple data file. If you open the sample data file with ALOFT-FT, you can view an example of the graphical output without having run the computational part of the program for your own case which may take 10 minutes or more.


Documentation

The principal technical reference for ALOFT-FT is:

McGrattan, K. B., Baum, H. R., Walton, W. D. and Trelles, J. J. Smoke Plume Trajectory From In Situ Burning of Crude Oil in Alaska: Field Experiments and Modeling of Complex Terrain, NISTIR 5958, 135 p. January 1997. [McGrattan_97a]

NISTIR 5958 includes the equations and comparison of model results with experiments for ALOFT-FT and ALOFT-CT. Additional ALOFT references may be found on the reference disk under the author name McGrattan.