DALES
DALES is a large-eddy simulation code designed for studies of the physics of the atmospheric boundary layer, including convective and stable boundary layers as well as cloudy boundary layers.
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Description
DALES - Dutch Atmospheric Large Eddy Simulation
Documentation
The following documents are included in the DALES repository (but are not fully up to date):
- User manual
 - Documentation of the configuration options Namoptions.pdf
 - readme.pdf
 - INSTALL.md contains installation instructions
 - CHANGELOG.md documents the changes between versions
 - The DALES Wiki contains Installation instructions for various systems and notes for visualizing and processing the model output
 
License
DALES is made available under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3, see the file COPYING for details.
References
Formulation of the Dutch Atmospheric Large-Eddy Simulation (DALES) and overview of its applications, T. Heus et al, Geosci. Model Dev., 3, 415-444, 2010
Ouwersloot, H.G., Moene, A.F., Attema, J.J. et al. Large-Eddy Simulation Comparison of Neutral Flow Over a Canopy: Sensitivities to Physical and Numerical Conditions, and Similarity to Other Representations. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 162, 71–89 (2017)
Participating organisations
Mentions
- 1.Author(s): Fredrik Jansson, Martin Janssens, Johanna H. Grönqvist, A. Pier Siebesma, Franziska Glassmeier, Jisk Attema, Victor Azizi, Masaki Satoh, Yousuke Sato, Hauke Schulz, Tobias KöllingPublished in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 202310.1029/2023ms003796
 - 2.Author(s): Allison A. Wing, Catherine L. Stauffer, Tobias Becker, Kevin A. Reed, Min‐Seop Ahn, Nathan P. Arnold, Sandrine Bony, Mark Branson, George H. Bryan, Jean‐Pierre Chaboureau, Stephan R. De Roode, Kulkarni Gayatri, Cathy Hohenegger, I‐Kuan Hu, Fredrik Jansson, Todd R. Jones, Marat Khairoutdinov, Daehyun Kim, Zane K. Martin, Shuhei Matsugishi, Brian Medeiros, Hiroaki Miura, Yumin Moon, Sebastian K. Müller, Tomoki Ohno, Max Popp, Thara Prabhakaran, David Randall, Rosimar Rios‐Berrios, Nicolas Rochetin, Romain Roehrig, David M. Romps, James H. Ruppert, Masaki Satoh, Levi G. Silvers, Martin S. Singh, Bjorn Stevens, Lorenzo Tomassini, Chiel C. van Heerwaarden, Shuguang Wang, Ming ZhaoPublished in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 202010.1029/2020ms002138
 - 3.Author(s): Fleur Couvreux, Eric Bazile, Quentin Rodier, Björn Maronga, Georgios Matheou, Maria J. Chinita, John Edwards, Bart J. H. van Stratum, Chiel C. van Heerwaarden, Jing Huang, Arnold F. Moene, Anning Cheng, Vladimir Fuka, Sukanta Basu, Elie Bou-Zeid, Guylaine Canut, Etienne VignonPublished in Boundary-Layer Meteorology by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in 2020, page: 369-40010.1007/s10546-020-00539-4
 - 4.Author(s): Stephan R. de Roode, Irina Sandu, Johan J. van der Dussen, Andrew S. Ackerman, Peter Blossey, Dorota Jarecka, Adrian Lock, A. Pier Siebesma, Bjorn StevensPublished in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences by American Meteorological Society in 2016, page: 2485-250810.1175/jas-d-15-0215.1
 - 5.Author(s): M. Sikma, H. G. OuwerslootPublished in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics by Copernicus GmbH in 2015, page: 10399-1041010.5194/acp-15-10399-2015
 - 6.Author(s): Minghua Zhang, Christopher S. Bretherton, Peter N. Blossey, Phillip H. Austin, Julio T. Bacmeister, Sandrine Bony, Florent Brient, Suvarchal K. Cheedela, Anning Cheng, Anthony D. Del Genio, Stephan R. De Roode, Satoshi Endo, Charmaine N. Franklin, Jean‐Christophe Golaz, Cecile Hannay, Thijs Heus, Francesco Alessandro Isotta, Jean‐Louis Dufresne, In‐Sik Kang, Hideaki Kawai, Martin Köhler, Vincent E. Larson, Yangang Liu, Adrian P. Lock, Ulrike Lohmann, Marat F. Khairoutdinov, Andrea M. Molod, Roel A. J. Neggers, Philip Rasch, Irina Sandu, Ryan Senkbeil, A. Pier Siebesma, Colombe Siegenthaler‐Le Drian, Bjorn Stevens, Max J. Suarez, Kuan‐Man Xu, Knut von Salzen, Mark J. Webb, Audrey Wolf, Ming ZhaoPublished in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2013, page: 826-84210.1002/2013ms000246
 - 7.Author(s): Peter N. Blossey, Christopher S. Bretherton, Minghua Zhang, Anning Cheng, Satoshi Endo, Thijs Heus, Yangang Liu, Adrian P. Lock, Stephan R. de Roode, Kuan‐Man XuPublished in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2013, page: 234-25810.1002/jame.20025
 - 8.Author(s): J. J. van der Dussen, S. R. de Roode, A. S. Ackerman, P. N. Blossey, C. S. Bretherton, M. J. Kurowski, A. P. Lock, R. A. J. Neggers, I. Sandu, A. P. SiebesmaPublished in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2013, page: 483-49910.1002/jame.20033
 - 9.Author(s): Margreet C vanZanten, Bjorn Stevens, Louise Nuijens, A Pier Siebesma, A. S. Ackerman, F. Burnet, A. Cheng, F. Couvreux, H. Jiang, M. Khairoutdinov, Y. Kogan, D. C. Lewellen, D. Mechem, K. Nakamura, A. Noda, B. J. Shipway, J. Slawinska, S. Wang, A. WyszogrodzkiPublished in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2011, page: n/a-n/a10.1029/2011ms000056
 - 10.Author(s): Robert J. Beare, Malcolm K. Macvean, Albert A. M. Holtslag, Joan Cuxart, Igor Esau, Jean-Christophe Golaz, Maria A. Jimenez, Marat Khairoutdinov, Branko Kosovic, David Lewellen, Thomas S. Lund, Julie K. Lundquist, Anne Mccabe, Arnold F. Moene, Yign Noh, Siegfried Raasch, Peter SullivanPublished in Boundary-Layer Meteorology by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in 2006, page: 247-27210.1007/s10546-004-2820-6
 - 11.Author(s): A. Pier Siebesma, Christopher S. Bretherton, Andrew Brown, Andreas Chlond, Joan Cuxart, Peter G. Duynkerke, Hongli Jiang, Marat Khairoutdinov, David Lewellen, Chin-Hoh Moeng, Enrique Sanchez, Bjorn Stevens, David E. StevensPublished in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences by American Meteorological Society in 2003, page: 1201-121910.1175/1520-0469(2003)60<1201:alesis>2.0.co;2
 
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