Always use the latest program version when carrying out dispersion calculations!
Deprecated files & changes
This page contains a data base with deprecated program versions and update information as well as a documentation of program changes.
Archived files for BESTAL, AUSTAL, AUSTAL2000
Deprecated files & Documentation of changes
Previous program versions and other documents
- BESTAL 1.2.0, Programmpaket für Windows (ZIP / 05.09.2024)
- BESTAL 1.2.0, Programmpaket für Linux (ZIP / 05.09.2024)
- BESTAL 1.1.0, Installationsanleitung (TXT / 23.03.2024)
- BESTAL 1.1.0, Programmpaket für Windows (ZIP / 23.03.2024)
- BESTAL 1.1.0, Programmpaket für Linux (ZIP / 23.03.2024)
- AUSTAL2000 2.6.9, update information (TXT / 27.02.2014)
- AUSTAL2000 2.6.9, program package for Windows (ZIP / 27.02.2014)
- AUSTAL2000 2.6.9, program package for Linux (ZIP / 27.02.2014)
- AUSTAL2000N 2.6.9, program package for Windows (ZIP / 27.02.2014)
- AUSTAL2000N 2.6.9, program package for Linux (ZIP / 27.02.2014)
- AUSTAL2000 2.6.9, source code (ZIP / 27.02.2014)
- AUSTAL2000 2.4.4, register of roughness lengths for Germany (CORINE 2000, Gauß-Krüger) (ZIP / 04.11.2008)
- AUSTAL2000 2.4.4, egister of roughness lengths for Germany (CORINE 2000, UTM32) (ZIP / 04.11.2008)
- AUSTAL2000 2.4.4, examples (ZIP / 03.02.2009)
- AUSTAL2000 2.4.7, verification tests (ZIP / 03.02.2009)
Documentation of changes
2025-12-12: FAQ A17) added
2025-11-26: BESTAL 1.3.0 (native language support, problem 2025-11-07 resolved, no result changes to version 1.2.0)
2025-11-24: Problem 2025-11-07 (sporadic abort of BESMAX on Windows 11)
2024-09-06: BESTAL 1.2.0 (problem 2024-04-02 resolved)
2024-09-06: Problem 2024-08-20 (notes)
2024-04-08: Problem 2024-04-02 (Besmin in batch mode)
2024-03-26: Update BESTAL 1.1.0 (2024-03-23)
2024-03-26: Update AUSTAL 3.3.0 (2024-03-22)
2024-03-26: FAQ A16
2024-03-26: Comprehensive update of the English pages
2023-08-01: Patch AUSTAL 3.2.1
2023-08-01: Problem 2023-07-31
2023-07-25: Update AUSTAL 3.2.0
2022-09-08: Update AUSTAL 3.1.2
2021-07-05: Update AUSTAL 3.1.1
2020-11-23: AUSTAL 3.1.0
2016-05-30: Final migration to www.umweltbundesamt.de
2015-04-20: FAQ A13
2015-01-14: Problem 2015-01-13 (TALdia with ha smaller d0+z0)
2014-11-17: FAQ S19 (settings file)
2014-09-03: Patch 2.6.11
2014-04-02: Problem 2014-04-02 (abort of TALida in a calculation with precipitation)
2014-03-27: FAQ, new entry A10 (dust components)
2014-03-01: Version 2.6.9, AUSTAL2000N
2013-07-07: FAQ, new entry A12 (spatial resolution for odor hour frequencies)
2013-06-15: FAQ, new entry S18 (calms in a AKTerm)
2013-01-11: Problem 2013-01-11 ("lc"=german and program call option "-Agerman")
2012-07-29: Problem 2012-07-29 (DMNA header entry "cset" on Windows systems)
2012-01-26: FAQ, new entry S17 (use of externally generated wind fields)
2011-09-13: Patch 2.5.1 (problem 2011-09-12 solved)
2011-09-12: Problem 2011-09-12 (PRFMOD and AKS)
2011-08-29: IBJall.h added to the source code package
2011-08-04: Version 2.5.0
2011-07-29: Problem 2011-07-29 (localization of monitor points in nested grids)
2011-04-13: Problem 2011-04-13 (project title with more than 140 characters)
2010-11-08: FAQ, new entry S16 (calculation of odor hours frequencies)
2010-08-03: Impressum note on surfing on the Internet
2010-07-26: New version of program zg2s (revised and extended)
2009-04-17: Problem 2009-04-17 (file header of scatter time series)
2009-02-03: Version 2.4.7 (problems 2008-12-18, 2008-12-04, 2008-11-28 resolved)
2009-02-03: Menu "History"
2008-12-29: Problem 2008-12-18 (abort of TALdia)
2008-12-04: Problem 2008-12-04 (statistical uncertainty for odourants at receptor points)
2008-11-28: Problem 2008-11-28 (no time-dependence of lq)
2008-11-04: Version 2.4.4; new webpage format; English version; Romanian language packages