About us

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, Germany
  • Components: Wind turbine model
  • Contact: Detlef Heinemann
  • Developers:
    • Björn Witha
    • Gerald Steinfeld
    • Lukas Vollmer
    • Hauke Wurps

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

• Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • Components: Chemistry
  • Contact: Sabine Banzhaf
  • Developers:
    • Sabine Banzhaf
    • Emmanuele Russo

About us

PALM headquarters

The PALM model system has been developed and is maintained by the ​PALM group at the ​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).

Institution Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany Functions Code supervision and administration Development: 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 Functions LES-LES nesting Contact Antti Hellsten

Institution Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) Department for Climate and Environmental Consultancy Work packages WP-D3?: User-friendly software package to customize output from meso-scale models for forcing the new UCM, and application of the UCM for climate studies WP-P2?: Evaluation of human thermal comfort/stress and planning adaption possibilities in urban areas Contact Prof. Dr. Andreas Matzaraki (​andreas.matzarakis@dwd.de) Dr. Kristina Trusilova (​kristina.trusilova@dwd.de)

Institution Freie Universität Berlin Institute of Meteorology Work packages WP-M7?: Urban chemistry and air pollution Contact Dr. Sabine Banzhaf (​sabine.banzhaf@met.fu-berlin.de)

Institution GEO-NET Umweltconsulting GmbH Work packages WP-D2?: Data management and user interface Contact Dr. Björn Büter (​bueter@geo-net.de

Institution Offenburg University Work packages WP-M6?: Indoor climate and energy demand Contact Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Pfafferott (​jens.pfafferott@hs-offenburg.de)

Institution Humbold-Universität zu Berlin Geography Department Work packages WP-M5?: Urban radiation and building parameterization Contact Prof. Dr. Christoph Schneider (​christoph.schneider@geo.hu-berlin.de) Dr. Sebastian Schubert (​sebastian.schubert@geo.hu-berlin.de)

Institution Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Atmospheric Environmental Research Work packages WP-M7?: Urban chemistry and air pollution Contact Dr. Matthias Mauder (​matthias.mauder@kit.edu)

Institution Leibniz Universität Hannover Institute of Meteorology and Climatology Work packages WP-M1?: Implementation and validation of turbulence parameterizations WP-M2?: Large- and microscale nesting WP-M3?: Bechmarking and internal validation WP-M4?: Surface energy budget WP-P1?: A multi-agent model for urban residents WP-P3?: Actinic complex for the calculation of the biologically weighted UV exposure of humans Contact Prof. Dr. Günter Groß (​gross@muk.uni-hannover.de) Dr. Björn Maronga (​maronga@muk.uni-hannover.de) Prof. Dr. Siegfried Raasch (​raasch@muk.uni-hannover.de) Prof. Dr. Gunther Seckmeyer (​seckmeyer@muk.uni-hannover.de)

Institution Ingenieurgesellschaft Prof. Dr. Sieker mbH Work packages WP-D4?: Urban soil water content Contact Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heiko Sieker (​h.sieker@sieker.de)