PALM Model Documentation

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Model description

The model description is currently under construction.

Numerics

• Advection schemes
• Time-stepping methods
• Non-cyclic lateral boundary conditions

Embedded models

• 1D model
• Land surface model
• Plant canopy model
• Radiation models

Other features

• Large scale forcing
• Nudging

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User manual

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
  • Land surface
  • Plant canopy
  • Particles
  • Radiation
  • 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
• Runs with large scale forcing and nudging

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

Error messages

• PALM standard code (PA****)
• User interface (UI****)
• NetCDF (NC****)

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PALM code development

• History of changes since 2013
• History of changes (2009-2012)
• Rules for developers
• Code development with eclipse
• Known bugs
• OpenACC tests

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Machine related informations

• IBM-Regatta (KISTI)
• Cray-XC30 (HLRN)
• SGI-Altix (HLRN)
• Kyushu University Computing Center