MOSAIK

Timestamp:

Jan 3, 2018 3:01:03 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

kanani

Comment:

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palm4u/status

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-The new urban climate model is currently under development and thus not available yet. It is planned to release a first working version at the end of 2017. However, as the new model will be essentially based on the existing LES model PALM, you might want to visit the [[http://palm.muk.uni-hannover.de|PALM Homepage]] for an overview of the status quo of the model.
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+'''The beta version of PALM-4U has been released December 2017. Visit [[http://www.palm4u.org|palm4u.org]]'''
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+The beta version includes:
+* Energy balance solvers for building and paved surfaces
+* Radiative transfer within the urban canopy layer, including shadowing effects and multiple reflections between urban structures
+* Wall material model for heat transfer between atmosphere and building
+* Chemistry module for the transport and conversion of reactive species
+* Model self-nesting that allows to increase either model domain size or to focus on near-surface processes
+* Quasi-automatic external forcing by COSMO-DE model data
+* A Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) type turbulence parameterization can be used instead of LES to reduce computational costs
+
+Following components require some further development, before they will enter the next release of PALM-4U:
+* Indoor climate module, predicting indoor temperature, energy demand, and waste heat
+* A multi-agent system for urban residents, allowing for biometeorological studies and escape scenarios
+* Analysis tools and direct output of biometeorological quantities
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+All components are under ongoing development and tuning. The next milestone is the delivery of both PALM-4U and Graphical User Interface (GUI) release candidates in project month 24.
 
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