About us

The PALM model system has been mainly developed and is maintained by the ​PALM group at the ​Institute of Meteorology and Climatology (IMUK) of Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany. A number of code parts have been contributed by partners all over the world.

PALM headquarters

Institution ​PALM group, Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany Function Code supervision and administration PALM components PALM core Numerics Parallelization I/O Visualization Contact Siegfried Raasch (raaschATmuk.uni-hannover.de) Björn Maronga (marongaATmuk.uni-hannover.de)

PALM and PALM-4U developers

Institution Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland PALM components LES-LES self-nesting Contact Antti Hellsten

Institution Energy Meteorology Unit, Institute of Physics, Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany PALM components Wind turbine model LES turbulence closure Contact Gerald Steinfeld

Institution Centre for Human Biometeorological Research, German Meteorological Service (DWD), Freiburg, Germany PALM components Biometeorological analysis products Contact Andreas Matzarakis

Institution Department for Climate and Environmental Consultancy, German Meteorological Service (DWD), Offenbach, Germany PALM components Coupling to COSMO-DE Contact Kristina Trusilova

Institution Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany PALM components Chemistry Contact Sabine Banzhaf

Institution Offenburg University, Offenburg, Germany PALM components Indoor climate Building energy demand Contact Jens Pfafferott

Institution Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany PALM components Radiative transfer Double canyon building parameterization Contact Sebastian Schubert

Institution Atmospheric Environmental Research Unit, Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany PALM components Chemistry Contact Renate Forkel Matthias Mauder

Institution GEO-NET Umweltconsulting GmbH, Hannover, Germany PALM components Graphical User Interface (GUI) Contact Björn Büter Dirk Pavlik