PALM group

The PALM Group (head: Siegfried Raasch) Our main research tool is the parallelized Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) Model PALM, the original version of which was developed from 1997-1999 at our institute. This model is optimized for use on massively parallel computers, and it is therefore very well suited for simulations with an extremely large number of grid points. The current supercomputer of the North German Supercomputing Center "Norddeutscher Verbund für Hoch- und Höchstleistungsrechnen" (HLRN), an SGI-ICE machine with 12000 cores, allows calculations with up to 4096³ grid points. Further information on PALM is available using the PALM quick links below. Our research focusses on the analysis of micro- and mesoscale turbulent boundary layers. Other key parts of our work include numerical improvements of PALM, in particular parallelized numerical schemes, and the development of software systems that are able to effectively visualize the extremely large data amount that is typical of parallelized models. The photo shows our research group (in June 2010) in front of some of the nodes of the new HLRN-II SGI Altix computer. From left to right: Jens Fricke?, Johannes Lotz?, Florian Herbort?, Björn Maronga?, Theres Franke?, Linda Voß?, Matthias Sühring? (Front), Carolin Helmke?, Björn Witha?, Siegfried Raasch? (Head), Christoph Knigge?, Rieke Heinze?, Jens Kampmeyer?, Farah Kanani?, Micha Gryschka? (Back) (Photo: G. Gaus, HLRN)

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Contact

Leibniz University of Hannover
Institute of Meteorology and Climatology
PALM group
Herrenhäuser Str. 2
30419 Hannover
Germany

Members

	Name	Email	Page	Phone*	Room
	Franke, Theres			2680	F221
	Fricke, Jens			2396	F210
	Gryschka, Micha			3254	F236
	Heinze, Rieke			4413	F225
	Helmke, Carolin			4413	F225
	Kampmeyer, Jens			3232	F233
	Kanani, Farah			3232	F233
	Knigge, Christoph			2680	F221
	Maronga, Björn			2680	F221
	Raasch, Siegfried (Head)			3253	F231
	Sühring, Matthias			4413	F225
	Voß, Linda			3232	F233
	Witha, Björn			3232	F233
	Fax			4418

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Projects

Current Projects

Future Projects

Previous Projects

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PALM Documentation

Please see here? for the full PALM documentation and user manual.

Visualization of PALM Data

You can find selected animations of PALM simulations here?,

Getting Help

If you experience problems with PALM or if you like to request new enhancements, feel free to create a ​new ticket. Furthermore, we might provide a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) in future.

Links

Links to former/upcoming conferences and co-operating work groups...

PALM-related Downloads

In the ​download section you can find documentations of selected parts of the model source code as well as animations and presentations from workshops.