Model performance evaluation and computational efficiency of chemical mechanisms implemented in the microscale urban climate model PALM-4U


Basit Khan1, Renate Forkel2, Matthias Mauder3, Sabine Banzhaf4, Emmanuele Russo4, Farah Kanani-Sühring5, Bjorn Maronga6, Siegfried Raasch6, Mona Kurppa7 and Klaus Ketelsen8, (1)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, (2)KIT, Garmisch-Partenkirch, Germany, (3)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, (4)Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, (5)LUH, Hannover, Germany, (6)Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, (7)University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, (8)Software Consultant, Hannover, Germany