Version 5 (modified by maronga, 8 years ago) (diff)

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Release notes


Next version

Planned features:

  • Multi-agent system for humans in urban environments
  • Indoor climate and energy demand model:
  • RANS mode:
  • Biometeorological analysis products

Version 5.0 - December 15, 2017

New features:

  • (PALM) Land surface scheme:
    • Support for water and paved surfaces added
    • Revised skin layer concept and soil model configuration
  • (PALM-4U) Urban surface scheme:
  • (PALM-4U) Radiative transfer:
  • (PALM-4U) LES-LES self-nesting:
  • (PALM) Cloud microphysics:
  • (PALM-4U) Interface for reading NetCDF input data:
  • (PALM-4U) Chemistry model:
  • (PALM-4U) INIFOR:

Changes:

  • Surface treatment:
  • Topography implementation:

Bugs fixed:

Known bugs:


Version 4.0 - January 28, 2015

New features:

  • (PALM) Progress bar: Informative messages during execution and progress bar added
  • (PALM) Land surface model: Beta version has been implemented
  • (PALM) Radiation model: Simple clear-sky radiation model and coupling to the RRTMG radiation code realized

Changes:

  • Parallel NetCDF: Peformance optimization for parallel NetCDF on Cray XC systesm
  • General changes in code layout:
    • ONLY attribute added to all USE statements
    • KIND parameter added to all INTEGER/REAL declarations
    • comment fields for explaining variables added
  • Lagrangian particle model: Completely revised with improved performance and less demand of memory
  • Large-scale forcing / nudging: Some extensions
  • Performance: Code modifications to allow run on 10.000 cores and more
  • Canopy model: Canopy model is modularized and controlled by seperate NAMELIST

Bugs fixed:

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Known bugs:

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