PALM Model Documentation

Steering of interactive / batch runs?

• Job control with mrun?
• Example of a minimum configuration file?
• Initialization and restart runs
• Interactive mode and debugging?
• Optional software packages?

Model steering

• Parameters
  • Initialization
  • Runtime
  • Particles
  • Spectra
  • dvr graphics
  • Alphabetical list of all parameters
• User Interface
  • Interfaces
  • Parameters for user interface
  • Definition of user-defined parameters?
  • User-defined domains
  • User-defined output quantities
  • Compiling and linking
• Input/Output files

Steering examples for special setups

• Minimum set for simulating the CBL
• Topography?
• Turbulent inflow
• Ocean runs
• Coupled atmosphere-ocean runs

Data handling/visualization

• 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
• Postprocessing with AVS?

Error messages

Machine related informations

• IBM-Regatta (KISTI)
• SGI-Altix (HLRN)

Numerics

• 1D-model
• Advection scheme
• Runge-Kutta method

Code development with eclipse

History of changes

• Rules for developers

Known bugs

OpenACC tests