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+== Announcement == 
+=== An Introduction to the '''PA'''rallelized '''L'''ES '''M'''odel '''PALM''' ===
+
+Seminar to be held at the School of Architecture, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), 9am to 5pm, 25th . 29th September 2013
+
+PALM is a parallelized large-eddy simulation model, which has been continuously developed at the department of
+meteorology and climatology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany, since 1997. It is used to study micro- and
+mesoscale turbulent boundary layer flows in the atmosphere and ocean by different groups of researchers all over
+the world. Compared with many other LES models, PALM includes a number of advanced features like topography,
+non-cyclic horizontal boundary conditions, an embedded Lagrangian particle model, or an interface for adding user
+defined code. The ocean option of PALM includes salinity and the equation of state for seawater. A coupling
+between PALM-atmosphere and PALM-ocean has recently been developed. Data output is in netCDF format. PALM
+is optimized for high performance on all kind of state-of-the-art processor architectures and scales up to several
+thousands of processors. It is free software and can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the GNU
+General Public License (v3). Download information and a detailed online documentation are available under
+http://palm.muk.uni-hannover.de.
+
+
+'''Seminar contents'''
+
+The one week seminar gives an overview of PALM, explains the installation procedure, and demonstrates how to
+carry out runs, either on Linux notebooks provided by the participants or on local PCs provided by CUHK. The
+seminar starts with a general introduction to large eddy simulation, followed by a discussion of the basic set of
+equations that are used in PALM, and the numerical methods that are implemented. After explaining the PALM
+installation procedure, the main focus is given on how to set up PALM simulations and how to run them using the
+ksh-shell scripts that are provided with PALM. Further attention is also given to questions like how to extend PALM
+by user-defined code and how to debug the code. Setups for several standard applications will be explained in detail
+(e.g. convection, flow around buildings, etc.). Beside the theoretical lessons given in the morning, there will also be
+hands-on sessions in the afternoon, where participants carry out exercises under the guidance of the lecturers.
+
+'''Requirements'''
+
+'''Participants should have a solid background in CFD modelling, FORTRAN90/95, MPI, and !Linux/Unix.''' If
+participants intend to use their own Linux notebooks for running PALM during the seminar, these notebooks should
+have at least a dual-core processor. It is expected that the following software has been installed on the notebook by
+the participants in advance: a FORTRAN90/95 compiler, an MPI library, the netCDF library (not later than version
+3.6.3), graphics software to display netCDF data (preferably NCL), the Korn- or bash shell (ksh, bash), as well as
+subversion (a revision control system necessary to download the PALM code). subversion is already a part of many
+Linux distributions (e.g. openSuSe). The lecturers will be Siegfried Raasch, and other members of the PALM group
+from the Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany.
+
+'''Costs / fee'''
+
+The participant fee will be 300€ (or around HK$3,000). This includes tuition, seminar handouts and a welcome party. Accommodation costs, other meals, and transport costs are not included.
+
+'''Further information and Registration'''
+In case of any further (technical) questions about the seminar, please send an email to Marius Keck
+(keck@muk.uni-hannover.de).
+For registration, send an email with your name, status (master student, PhD student, etc.), and current affiliation to
+Ms Kam Ka Man (kam@eservices.cuhk.edu.hk), not later than 19th July 2013. Successful participants and method
+of payment will be announced by the end of July 2013. Registered participants will receive more detailed information
+(location plan, detailed schedule, etc.) by the end of August.