The Parallelized Large-Eddy Simulation Model (PALM) version 4.0 for atmospheric and oceanic flows: Model formulation, recent developments, and future perspectives

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2515-2551

  Maronga, B ^a   Gryschka, M ^a   Heinze, R ^a   Hoffmann, F ^a   Kanani Suhring F ^a   Keck, M ^a   Ketelsen, K ^b   Letzel, M O ^c   Suhring M ^a   Raasch, S ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Ingenieurbüro Lohmeyer GmbH and Co KG ^*  (Germany)

^c DR WILLMAR SCHWABE GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW MODELING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GRAPHICAL METHOD; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; OPTIMIZATION; PARALLEL COMPUTING; TOPOGRAPHY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84934940402     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-8-2515-2015     Document Type: Article

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