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\institute{Institut fÌr Meteorologie und Klimatologie, Leibniz UniversitÀt Hannover}
\date{last update: \today}
\event{PALM Seminar}
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\title[PALM Overview]{PALM Overview}
\author{Siegfried Raasch}


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\section{PALM Overview}
\subsection{PALM Overview}

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      PALM - Overview
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   \frametitle{PALM - Overview}
   \begin{flushleft}
      \textbf{PA}rallelized \textbf{L}ES \textbf{M}odel
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   \begin{itemize}
      \item<2->{First version 1997, continously developed since then}
      \item<3->{Written in FORTRAN 95}
      \item<4->{Very high performance and scalability on all state-of-the-art parallel architectures}
      \item<5->{One code for atmosphere and ocean}
      \item<6->{Code is free to use for scientific applications}
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   \frametitle{PALM - Overview}
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      \textbf{Software-development in a professional environment}
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   \begin{itemize}
      \item<2->{Detailed online-documentation}
      \item<3->{Interface for code-extensions by users}
      \item<4->{Code is managed and distributed via subversion }
      \begin{itemize}
         \item<5->{Direct code-access from the internet}
         \item<6->{Allows collaborative code-development}
      \end{itemize}
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   \frametitle{PALM - Features (General Overview)}
   \framesubtitle{Physics / Numerics        (special characteristics)}
   \begin{itemize}
      \item<2->{Cyclic horizontal boundary conditions but also non-cyclic boundary conditions along x or y available}
      \item<3->{Turbulent inflow is realized for non-cyclic boundary conditions}
      \item<4->{Topography can be used}
      \item<5->{A Lagrangian particle model is embedded}
      \item<6->{Code can be switched to ocean, i.e. salinity equation and equation of state for seawater is included}
      \item<7->{Coupled ocean-atmosphere simulations are possible}
      \item<8->{A simple canopy model is included}
      \item<9->{It allows for very huge applications\\ (currently $4000^{3}$ gridpoints)}
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   \frametitle{PALM - Features (General Overview)}
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      \textbf{Technical features}
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   \begin{itemize}
      \item<2->{Scripts allow for very comfortable operation of the model}
      \item<3->{Model can be adapted for any kind of (Unix) system by simply adjusting a configuration file}
      \item<4->{Batch jobs and job chains (restart mechanism) can be automatically created (requires manual adjustments of scripts)}
      \item<5->{Runs are controlled by a simple NAMELIST parameter file}
      \item<6->{ Error messages inform in case of parameter inconsistencies or other problems detected during runtime}
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   \frametitle{PALM - Features (General Overview)}
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      \textbf{Technical features}
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   \begin{itemize}
      \item<1->{Standard data analysis is done within the simulation itself}
      \item<2->{All output is in standard netCDF data format}
      \item<3->{A user-interface allows for easy code extensions by the user}
      \item<4->{A powerful 3D-visualization software is included in the code (requires additional graphics library, (a streaming server), and a plugin for web-browsers)}
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   \frametitle{PALM – External Users / Areas of Application}
   \begin{itemize}
      \item<1->{Users / Collaborations}
      \begin{itemize}
         \item<2->{\textbf{AWI} Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar Research (Bremerhaven, Germany)}
         \item<3->{\textbf{ForWind} (University of Oldenburg, Germany)}
         \item<4->{\textbf{NERSC} Nansen Environmental And Remote Sensing Center (Bergen, Norway)}
         \item<5->{\textbf{FMI} Finnish Meteorological Institute (Helsinki, Finland)}
         \item<6->{Department of Atmospheric Sciences, \textbf{Yonsei University} (Seoul, Korea)}
         \item<7->{\textbf{IGSES} (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences), \textbf{Kyushu University} (Fukuoka, Japan)}
         \item<8->{School of Earth and Environmental Science, \textbf{Seoul National University} (Seoul, Korea)}
         \item<9->{Dept. of Intl. Development Eng., \textbf{Tokyo Institute of Technology} (Tokyo, Japan)}
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   \frametitle{PALM – External Users / Areas of Application}
   \begin{itemize}
      \item<1->{Areas of Application}
      \begin{itemize}
         \item<2->{Interaction of boundary layer turbulence $\leftrightarrow$ wind energy converters}
         \item<3->{Improvement of turbulence parameterizations}
         \item<4->{Atmosphere-ocean coupling}
         \item<5->{Ocean mixed layer}
         \item<6->{Turbulence in the urban canopy layer}
      \end{itemize}
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\section{Technical Issues}
\subsection{Technical Issues}

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      PALM - Overview\\
      Technical Issues
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   \frametitle{PALM - Components - Overview}
   The PALM download not only contains the model‘s FORTRAN code but a variety of further components / files.
   The directory structure is as follows.\\
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   \frametitle{PALM - Main Modes of Operation}
   \begin{itemize}
      \item<1->{\textbf{Interactive mode}}
      \begin{itemize}
         \item<2->{PALM is run in interactive shell (terminal session)}
         \item<3->{CPU time as well as number of processors for interactive runs is limited on many systems}
         \item<4->{restart runs (job chain) are not possible}
         \item<5->{only requires appropriate settings in the configuration file}
      \end{itemize}
      \item<6->\textbf{{Batch mode (running batch jobs)}}
      \begin{itemize}
         \item<7->{requires a batch queueing system (e.g. NQS, PBS, Loadleveler, etc.) on the computer in use}
         \item<8->{still may require manual adjustments of PALM scripts (\textbf{mrun, mbuild, subjob})}
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      \item<1->{\textbf{Running batch jobs on remote computers}}
      \begin{itemize}
         \item<2->{requires a batch queueing system on the remote computer}
         \item<3->{requires ssh/scp access of the remote computer (in both directions “local $\leftrightarrow$ remote“),
                   fixed IP-adresses for local and remote computer are required}
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      \item<4->\textbf{{Running job chains}}
      \begin{itemize}
         \item<5->{requires a batch queueing system (+ ssh/scp access)}
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   \frametitle{PALM - Scripts for Operating}
   {\scriptsize PALM is operated by two scripts, named \textbf{mbuild} and \textbf{mrun}. \textbf{mrun} itself calls some helper programs and, if a batch job is to be submitted, the script \textbf{subjob}.}
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      \item<2->{\textbf{mrun}}
      \begin{itemize}
         \item<3->{{\scriptsize script for running PALM (interactive or batch)}}
      \end{itemize}
      \item<4->{\textbf{mbuild}}
      \begin{itemize}
         \item<5->{{\scriptsize script for generating a pre-compiled PALM version (object files)}}
      \end{itemize}
      \item<6->{\textbf{subjob}}
      \begin{itemize}
         \item<7->{{\scriptsize script for generating an submitting batch jobs}}
      \end{itemize}
      \item<8->{\textbf{helper programs}}
      \begin{itemize}
         \item<9->{{\scriptsize small FORTRAN programs, needed e.g. for interpreting the configuration file and for collecting output data (\texttt{interpret-config.x}, \texttt{combine-plot-fields.x})}}
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   \frametitle{PALM - Configuration File}
   {\scriptsize \textbf{mrun and mbuild} require a lot of settings (which depend on the respective computer system used), which have to be given in a configuration file with default name  \texttt{.mrun.config}}\\
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      \item<1->{\textbf{Main purposes of the configuration file:}}
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         \item<2->{setting of compiler options}
         \item<3->{setting of paths for libraries (e.g. netCDF library)}
         \item<4->{setting of environment variables}
         \item<5->{definition of (UNIX-)commands to be executed before or after PALM execution}
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      \item<3->{Korn-Shell (/bin/ksh), either AT and T or public domain}
      \item<4->{subversion, a version control system (www.tigris.org)}
      \begin{itemize}
         \item<5->{needed for downloading the PALM code}
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      \item<6->{FORTRAN 90/95 compiler}
      \item<7->{MPI-library (must fit to the compiler!), MPI-2 not required}
      \item<8->{netCDF-library (see www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/)}
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         \item<9->{needed for data output}
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      \item<10->{graphics software capable to read netCDF data format}
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         \item<11->{e.g. NCL, IDL, ferret}
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      \item<12->{Batch-system}
      \item<13->{ssh/scp connection to the remote host (both ways)}
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