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PALM-CO2: urban CO2 transport extension for PALM

Simulation 415 MB

PALM-CO2 extends the PALM LES model for urban CO2 transport with biogenic flux and anthropogenic emissions. Useful for urban LES carbon dispersion studies.

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Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18852193
Licence
GPL-3.0+ Copyleft open-source licence: use and change it freely, but share any distributed changes under the same licence.
Size
415 MB

How to cite

Li, L., Zheng, J., & Fang, F. (2026). PALM-CO2 (v01) [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18852193

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Details

Resource
Software & tools
Method
LES
Geometry
City scale
Topic
Dispersion & air quality
Quantities
Concentration, Heat flux
Codes / models
PALM
Year
2026
Creators
Li, Linfeng; Zheng, Jie; Fang, Fangxin
Institution
Imperial College London

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