User manual

How to set up and run the model, how to process and interpret model output....

Model setup

• Control parameters
  • Initialization
  • Runtime

• Optional parameter packages
  • dvr graphics output
  • Lagrangian particle model
  • Land surface model
  • Nesting
  • Plant canopy model
  • Radiation model
  • Spectra output
  • Virtual flight model
  • Wind turbine model
• 'Alphabetical list of all parameters'

Model operation

• Launching a simulation (mrun, mrungui, example of minimum configuration file, Interactive mode and debugging)
• Monitoring a simulation (Monitoring batch jobs: PALM watchdog)
• Simulation chains (Initialization and restart runs)

• Debugging

Data handling & visualization

(to be resorted!!)

• Input/Output files

• netCDF data output
  • Generation of a PALM netCDF file?
  • Example of a PALM netCDF data set
  • Masked data output
• Postprocessing with NCL
  • List of parameters for PALM NCL scripts
• Postprocessing with IDL
• Visualization with dvr
• Visualization with VAPOR
• Creating animations with img2video
• Creating stereo images with img2stereo

User code

• Available interfaces to PALM core
• Compiling and linking of user code
• User-defined control parameters (Definition of user-defined parameters)
• User-defined domains (should be specified, no one can imagine what this means)
• User-defined data output

Simulation examples

!!!needs special care!!!

• Minimum set for simulating the CBL
• Topography?
• Turbulent inflow
• Ocean runs
• Coupled atmosphere-ocean runs
• Runs with large scale forcing and nudging
• Run with land surface model and coupled to the RRTMG radiation model