= PALM - A '''PA'''rallelized '''L'''arge-Eddy Simulation '''M'''odel for Atmospheric and Oceanic Flows = [[TracNav(toc)]] PALM is a large-eddy simulation (LES) model for atmospheric and oceanic flows which is especially designed for performing on massively parallel computer architectures. PALM is free software. It can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License (v3). {{{ #!div style="align:'left'; width: 300px; border: 0px solid; float:right" [[Image(htdocs:gallery/palm_logo_200px.jpg,nolink)]] }}} '''Some of PALM's highlights are''' * excellent scaling, so far tested up to 32000 cores * online data analysis (during model runs) in order to avoid I/O bottlenecks * topography realized on cartesian grid (allows for steep topography) * non-cyclic horizontal boundary conditions including turbulent inflow * code can be switched to ocean version with salinity equation and equation of state for seawater * embedded parallelized Lagrangian particle model for various applications (footprint calculation, simulation of cloud droplet growth, visualization, etc.) * interface which allows users to plug in their own code extensions without modifying the default code * advanced shell scripts for installing and running the code in interactive and batch mode are available * code is permanently maintained and improved by the PALM group and other users; code management is based on subversion ---- '''PALM news''' {{{#!comment ############################################# ## NEWS RULES: This section containes only ## ## news, that are not older than 1 year ## ############################################# }}} '''[ 2015/10/08 ]''' ''A new Doxygen based PALM source code documentation is now available ([[wiki:doc/tec/doxygen|details]])''\\ '''[ 2015/09/16 ]''' ''The PALM homepage and the subversion server are now accessible via the https-protocol''\\ '''[ 2015/08/13 ]''' ''Technical description paper of PALM 4.0 is published in Geoscienfic Model Development ([http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/8/2515/2015/gmd-8-2515-2015.html details])''\\ '''[ 2015/06/15 ]''' ''Announcement of PALM seminar at Chinese University of Hong Kong, 21st - 25th September ([wiki:seminar_2015 further information])''\\ '''[ 2015/05/06 ]''' ''The RRTMG radiation scheme is now available ([[wiki:doc/tec/radiation|details]]) ''\\ '''[ 2015/05/06 ]''' ''A land surface scheme is now available ([[wiki:doc/tec/lsm|details]]) ''\\ '''[ 2014/10/21 ]''' ''New code structure for the embedded plant canopy model ([[/wiki/doc/app/canpar#CanopyParameters|details]]) ''\\ ---- '''PALM users world map''' {{{ #!html
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