= Evaluation of PALM =

PALM is evaluated for flow around buildings and obstacles according to the guideline '''VDI 3783 Part 9'''.

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Fig 1: Evaluation protocol [attachment:evaluation_protocol.pdf download]\\\\


A complete description of the evaluation of PALM can be found here.

== Test cases ==
All test cases were calculated with revision 4113 (included vdi_internal_controls.f90)
||'''Test case'''                                 ||'''Input files'''  ||[=#handout '''Handout version'''] ||Input files ||
||a1-1                               ||[attachment:E0_Installation.pdf​] ||[attachment:handout_E0_Installation.pdf​] ||---     ||
||a1-2                  ||[attachment:E1_cbl.pdf​]          ||     ||[attachment:e1_parameterfiles.zip E1 setup]    ||
||[=#e2 E2: Neutral boundary layer]                     ||[attachment:E2_neutral.pdf​]      ||      ||[attachment:e2_parameterfiles.zip E2 setup]    ||
||[=#e3 E3: Flow around building]                       ||[attachment:E3_cube.pdf​]         ||       ||[attachment:e3_parameterfiles.zip E3 setup]    ||
||[=#e4 E4: Land surface model]                         ||[attachment:E4_lsm.pdf​]          ||  ||[attachment:e4_parameterfiles.zip E4 setup]    ||
||[=#e5 E5: Lagrangian & Eulerian dispersion modeling]  ||[attachment:E5_dispersion.pdf​]   || ||[attachment:e5_files.zip      E5 setup] ||


== Utilities ==

building
profiles


== Analysis routines ==