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SanDyPALM: static and dynamic driver toolbox for PALM

Simulation 188 MB

SanDyPALM is a toolbox for creating static and dynamic drivers for PALM urban microclimate simulations. Useful for setting up urban LES cases.

Get the code

Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14772519
Licence
AGPL-3.0 Copyleft open-source licence: use and change it freely, but share any distributed changes under the same licence. This also applies when it is run as a network service.
Size
188 MB

How to cite

Vogel, J., Stadler, S., & Chockalingam, G. (2025). SanDyPALM Code Repository [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14772519

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Details

Resource
Software & tools, Geometry
Method
LES
Geometry
Realistic neighbourhood
Topic
Urban heat & thermal comfort
Codes / models
PALM
Year
2025
Creators
Vogel, Julian; Stadler, Sebastian; Chockalingam, Ganesh
Institution
Climateflux GmbH; Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics

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