= About us =

== The PALM headquarters ==
The PALM model system has been developed and is maintained by the [https://www.muk.uni-hannover.de/243.html?&L=1 PALM group] at the [http://www.muk.uni-hannover.de?&L=1 Institute of Meteorology and Climatology] (IMUK) of Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany. The research at IMUK focuses on studies of micro- and mesoscale turbulent atmospheric boundary layers using large-eddy simulations. The work also involves advancements of the PALM model system, particularly the development of highly scalable and parallelized methods for all parts of the simulation process chain (numerics, I/O, and visualization).

== PALM and PALM-4U developers ==
* Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
  * Components: LES-LES nesting
  * Contact: Antti Hellsten
  * Developers: 
    * Antti Hellsten

* ​Universität Oldenburg, Institute of Physics, Energy Meteorology Unit, Oldenburg
  * Components: Wind turbine model
  * Contact: Detlef Heinemann
  * Developers: 
    * Björn Witha
    * Gerald Steinfeld
    * Lukas Vollmer
    * Hauke Wurps

* German Meteorological Service (DWD)
  * Components: Biometeorological analysis, COSMO coupling Z/ forcing
  * Contact: Andreas Matzarakis (Biometeorology), Kristina Trusilova (COSMO coupling)
  * Developers:
    * Eckhard Kadasch