Challenges of high-fidelity air quality modeling in urban environments - PALM sensitivity study during stable conditions (TURBAN)

Introduction

This dataset contains the PALM model inputs and the source code used to create the simulations for Prague-Legerova scenarios performed in the scope of the TURBAN project (https://www.project-turban.eu/). Detailed description of the simulations is provided in the referencing scientific paper.

List of simulations

Scenario name
Days simulated
IBC
Configuration changes

legerovas_s6_sens_base
13–15 February 2023
ICON
-

legerovas_s6_sens_dtmax
13 February 2023
ICON
dt_max=0.2

legerovas_s6_sens_heat
13 February 2023
ICON
car anthropogenic heat (custom code)

legerovas_s6_sens_sgs
13 February 2023
ICON
e_min=0.02

legerovas_s6_sens_stg
13 February 2023
ICON
STG_PROFILES added

legerovas_s6_sens_alad
13–15 February 2023
ALADIN
-

legerovas_s6_sens_alad_heat
13 February 2023
ALADIN
car anthropogenic heat (custom code)

legerovas_s6_sens_alad_sgs
13 February 2023
ALADIN
e_min=0.02

legerovas_s6_sens_alad_stg
13 February 2023
ALADIN
STG_PROFILES added

legerovas_s6_sens_wrf
13–15 February 2023
WRF
-

legerovas_s6_sens_wrf_heat
13 February 2023
WRF
car anthropogenic heat (custom code)

legerovas_s6_sens_wrf_sgs
13 February 2023
WRF
e_min=0.02

legerovas_s6_sens_wrf_stg
13 February 2023
WRF
STG_PROFILES added

Directory structure

The directory inputs contains the model inputs and it is further divided into these subdirectories:

- inputs/common: The PALM static driver and the emission drivers for the parent and child domains. These files are common to all simulations

- inputs/dynamic/*: These directories contain the dynamic drivers for the parent and child domanis, which contain the initial and boundary conditions (IBC) as well as external radiation data. The three subdirectories aladin, icon and wrf contain IBCs created from the respective mesoscale model outputs. 

- inputs/legerovas_s6_sens_*: These directories contain the PALM model configuration (p3d) for both domains for each simulation.

- inputs/build_config: The included .palm.iofiles configuration file ensures that the files STG_PROFILES are correctly copied from the input directory.

The directory palm_sources contains the exact model source used for the simulations. It is derived from the PALM model release 23.04 with additional bugfixes. There are two source archives:

- heat.tar.gz: PALM source further modified to include anthropogenic heat from cars, used for the simulations legerovas_s6_sens_*_heat

- standard.tar.gz: PALM source used for all other included simulations.

Reproducing the simulations

In order to reproduce the simulations, unpack the respective source code archive and follow the standard installation, configuration and build procedures described in the README.md file within the archive and on the PALM model website http://www.palm-model.org/. Then copy the input files for the respective simulation in the JOBS directory. The common files and the dynamic driver files need to be renamed so that they match the prefix given by the name of the simulation, as is described in the PALM model documentation.