PALM Technical Documentation

PALM core Theory behind the PALM core components, such as governing model equations and numerical approaches Additional modules Description of additional PALM modules, such as the bulk cloud model and the multi agent system Technical aspects Information about technical realizations of e.g. data handling, code parallelization and optimization

PALM core Governing equations atmosphere Governing equations ocean Pressure solver Turbulence closure Discretization Boundary conditions Initialization

Additional modules 1D model for precursor runs Aerosol model (SALSA) Atmosphere-ocean coupling Biometeorology module Bulk cloud model (BCM) Chemistry model (CHEM) Lagrangian cloud model (LCM) Lagrangian particle model (LPM) Land surface model (LSM) Large-scale forcing & Nudging Multi agent system (MAS) Plant canopy model (PCM) Radiation models Self nesting and offline nesting Urban surface model (USM) Wind turbine model (WTM)

Technical aspects Code documentation with Doxygen Data handling General code structure Machine-related information Parallelization and optimization Particle code structure Topography implementation User-code implementation