Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of doc/tec/releasenotes

Timestamp:

Dec 15, 2017 9:14:29 AM (8 years ago)

Author:

maronga

Comment:

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doc/tec/releasenotes

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 === Features under development: ===
+* '''Aerosol chemistry''' (expected February 2018)
+* '''Biometeorological analysis products''' (expected January 2018)
+* '''Indoor climate and energy demand model''' (expected February 2018)
 * '''Multi-agent system''' for humans in urban environments (expected May 2018)
-* '''Indoor climate and energy demand model''' (expected February 2018)
 * '''RANS mode:''' TKE-epsilon turbulence closure for urban simulations (expected January 2018)
-* '''Biometeorological analysis products''' (expected January 2018)
-* '''Aerosol chemistry''' (expected February 2018)
 
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 === New features: ===
+
+* '''Chemistry model''' (PALM-4U): A gas-phase chemistry has been implemented.
+
+* '''Cloud microphysics''' (PALM): Advanced bulk microphysics implemented. This basically involves two additional prognostic equations for the cloud droplet number concentration, and the cloud water content as well as aerosol activation schemes.
+
+* '''GUI tools''' (PALM): Graphical helper tools have been added (PALM grid finder, palm_gf; PALM watchdog, palm_wd, PALM job manager, palm_jm).
+
+* '''INIFOR''' (PALM-4U): Forcing by COSMO-DE large-scale data is realized via NetCDF interface and preprocessing tool INIFOR.
+
+* '''Interface for reading NetCDF input data:''' (PALM-4U): Input data (e.g. building heights, land surface classification, etc.) are not read from NetCDF driver files.
+
+* '''Lagrangian cloud model:''' (PALM): Splitting/merging algorithm implemented. 
+
 * '''Land surface scheme''' (PALM):
   * Support for water and paved surfaces added ([wiki:doc/tec/lsm details]).
   * Revised skin layer concept and soil model configuration ([wiki:doc/tec/lsm details]).
-* '''Urban surface scheme''' (PALM-4U): An energy balance solver for buildings and a wall material model.
+
+* '''LES-LES self-nesting''' (PALM-4U): Multi-stage LES-LES nesting is realized for most quantities (except chemistry) ([wiki:doc/tec/nesting details]). Also, two different 1D vertical nesting schemes are available.
+
+* '''Model steering''' (PALM): The old scripts mrun and mbuild have been removed in favor of more user-friendly scripts palmrun and palmbuild.
+
+* '''Radiation model''' (PALM): Coupling to RRTMG radiation code realized. RRTMG is now shipped with PALM.
+
 * '''Radiative transfer''' (PALM-4U): Radiative transfer in the urban canopy layer, including multiple reflections between buildings and shading of tall vegetation. Can also be used in complex terrain.
-* '''LES-LES self-nesting''' (PALM-4U): Multi-stage LES-LES nesting is realized for most quantities (except chemistry) ([wiki:doc/tec/nesting details]). Also, two different 1D vertical nesting schemes are available.
-* '''Cloud microphysics''' (PALM): Advanced bulk microphysics implemented. This basically involves two additional prognostic equations for the cloud droplet number concentration, and the cloud water content as well as aerosol activation schemes.
-* '''Interface for reading NetCDF input data:''' (PALM-4U): Input data (e.g. building heights, land surface classification, etc.) are not read from NetCDF driver files.
-* '''Chemistry model''' (PALM-4U): A gas-phase chemistry has been implemented.
-* '''INIFOR''' (PALM-4U): Forcing by COSMO-DE large-scale data is realized via NetCDF interface and preprocessing tool INIFOR.
-* '''Model steering''' (PALM): The old scripts mrun and mbuild have been removed in favor of more user-friendly scripts palmrun and palmbuild.
-* '''Wind turbine model''' (PALM): A wind turbine model was implemented ([wiki:doc/tec/wtm details]).
-* '''Testsuite''' (PALM): New svn commits are now automatically tested.
+
 * '''Spin-up''' (PALM-4U): A spin-up mechanism is available for running land surface model, urban surface model and radiation scheme independently from atmosphere to generate steady-state soil and wall temperatures for initialization.
-* '''Lagrangian cloud model:''' (PALM): Splitting/merging algorithm implemented. 
-* '''GUI tools''' (PALM): Graphical helper tools have been added (PALM grid finder, palm_gf; PALM watchdog, palm_wd, PALM job manager, palm_jm).
-* '''Multigrid solver''' (PALM): Optimized multi-grid pressure solver is implemented.
-* '''Radiation model''' (PALM): Coupling to RRTMG radiation code realized. RRTMG is now shipped with PALM.
+
 * '''Synthetic turbulence generator''' (PALM): A turbulence gerator can be used instead of turbulence recycling for non-cyclic inflow conditions
 
+* '''Testsuite''' (PALM): New svn commits are now automatically tested.
+
+* '''Urban surface scheme''' (PALM-4U): An energy balance solver for buildings and a wall material model.
+
+* '''Wind turbine model''' (PALM): A wind turbine model was implemented ([wiki:doc/tec/wtm details]).
+
 === Major changes: ===
+* '''Multigrid solver''' (PALM): Optimized multi-grid pressure solver is implemented.
 * '''Surface treatment''': 
 * '''Topography implementation''': Topography is now considered via flag arrays instead of 2D index arrays. Overhanging structures like bridges are now possible, i.e., the limitation of surface-mounted topography does not exist anymore. A topography filter was implemented that fills holes that consist of only one grid point [wiki:doc/tec/topography#topo details]).