Release Dates

AERMOD Wizard

AERMOD Wizard 1.10 was released March 23, 2026.

AERMOD Wizard:

  • Added EPA monitoring data updated November 2025
  • Updated data inventory for surface stations and upper air stations
  • Added the ability to download IGRA upper air data files
  • Trajectory can start or end at any object or open space
  • Added the years 2024 and 2025 to dropdown lists
  • Added the ability to add a circle to any selected object
  • Improved exporting to Google Earth
  • Added the ability to show elevations for Class I area receptors
  • Added the ability to set a threshold value for each pollutant for NEI sources
  • Updated MERPs Analysis form

 

AerMet:

  • Updated AerMet to include all new keywords and options in AERMET 24142
  • Updated AerMet to include all new keywords and options in AERSURFACE 24142

 

IGRA Files Extractor:

  • Added the ability to extract data for a range of dates from an IGRA file
  • Added the ability to write data from an IGRA file to an output file
  • Added the ability to correct missing elevation
  • Elevation can be entered in either meters or feet
  • Added user manual

 

WindRose:

  • Added support for processing met data for 2024 and 2025
  • Added support for met data processed by AERMET 24142

 

AerScreen for Windows

AerScreen for Windows 5.03 was released August 11, 2026.

AerScreen for Windows:

  • Updated to run AERMOD 26135

 

BEEST Suite

BEEST 12.14 was released September 8, 2026.

BEEST:

  • Updated to run AERMOD 26135
  • Added the ability to create point sources along a line
  • Added the ability to create area sources along a line
    • Area sources are parallel to line segments
    • Added option to proportion emission rates by source area
  • Added the ability to generate special grid receptors based on selected fencelines
  • Added the ability to find fencelines and receptor networks
  • Added the ability to generate receptors inside a fenceline
  • Added the ability to sort discrete Cartesian receptors by network name
  • Added button to edit hill heights to the Grid tab in Receptor Options
  • The number of discrete Cartesian receptor networks is no longer limited to fifty
  • Updated the File → Export and File → Import menus to allow sources to be exported and imported
  • Added the ability to enter spaces when writing comments on the Select Pollutant Names form
  • Fixed bugs with writing input data files
    • Fixed bug with writing the pollutant ID when the option to disable special processing is selected in Control Options
    • Fixed bug with writing the location for AREAPOLY sources
    • Fixed bug with writing MXDYBYYR output files
    • Fixed bug with writing MAXDCONT output files
  • Fixed bug with combining AERMOD output files when there are multiple partitions and each partition has a single receptor

 

AerMet:

  • Updated to run AERMET 26135
  • Updated to run AERSURFACE 26135
  • Added the ability to process GHCN hourly surface data
  • Added the ability to write debug files when running AERMET

 

AerMinute:

  • Updated to run AERMINUTE 26135

 

ARY Viewer:

  • Updated to display concentrations in the grid with thousands separators
  • Fixed bug with writing concentration values greater than ten million to the grid

 

MaxDCont Viewer:

  • Added the ability to display OpenStreetMap data
  • Fixed bug with opening MaxDCont output files that don’t include the ALL source group
  • Fixed bug with opening MaxDCont output files when concentration values are greater than one million
  • Updated user manual

 

USF Viewer:

  • Updated to write output summary files created by AERMOD 26135 to the grid
  • Updated to display concentrations in the grid with thousands separators
  • Fixed bug with writing concentration values greater than ten million to the grid

 

WindRose:

  • Added support for processing met data for 2026
  • Added support for GHCNh met data
  • Added support for met data processed by AERMET 26135