30 Sep 2010
30 Sep 2010
Formulation of the Dutch Atmospheric Large-Eddy Simulation (DALES) and overview of its applications
T. Heus1,6, C. C. van Heerwaarden2, H. J. J. Jonker3, A. Pier Siebesma3,1, S. Axelsen4, K. van den Dries2, O. Geoffroy1, A. F. Moene2, D. Pino5, S. R. de Roode3, and J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano2
T. Heus et al.
T. Heus1,6, C. C. van Heerwaarden2, H. J. J. Jonker3, A. Pier Siebesma3,1, S. Axelsen4, K. van den Dries2, O. Geoffroy1, A. F. Moene2, D. Pino5, S. R. de Roode3, and J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano2
- 1Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, The Netherlands
- 2Meteorology and Air Quality Section, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- 3Department of Multi-Scale Physics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
- 4Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The~Netherlands
- 5Applied Physics Department, Technical University of Catalonia, and Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), Barcelona, Spain
- 6Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
- 1Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, The Netherlands
- 2Meteorology and Air Quality Section, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- 3Department of Multi-Scale Physics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
- 4Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The~Netherlands
- 5Applied Physics Department, Technical University of Catalonia, and Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), Barcelona, Spain
- 6Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Hide author details
Received: 08 Jan 2010 – Discussion started: 16 Feb 2010 – Revised: 07 Sep 2010 – Accepted: 15 Sep 2010 – Published: 30 Sep 2010
The current version of the Dutch Atmospheric Large-Eddy Simulation (DALES) is presented. 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. In addition, DALES can be used for studies of more specific cases, such as flow over sloping or heterogeneous terrain, and dispersion of inert and chemically active species. This paper contains an extensive description of the physical and numerical formulation of the code, and gives an overview of its applications and accomplishments in recent years.
