Model Versions

major version upgrade

• new land cover classes
• new input format
• same library as METRAS
• internal changes
• developed by K.H. Schlünzen, R. Petrik, D. Grawe, V. Reinhardt (Meteorological Institute, CEN, University of Hamburg, Germany)
• partly funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau)

NOTE: all older versions are discontinued

initial Linux version

• METRAS-PCL is based on METRAS and uses the features available in METRAS-PC concerning input and output
• The initialisation is changed by no longer balancing the temperature field in the 1d part of METRAS-PCL for intialising the 3d part. This reduces instabilities in 3d runs over topography found in METRAS-PC when using a stable stratification for initialisation.
• developed by K.H. Schlünzen, V. Reinhardt (Meteorological Institute, University of Hamburg)

Windows version

• care has to be taken when using this model over topography with a specified stable stratification
• developed K.H. Schlünzen, S. Dierer, H. Panskus (Meteorological Institute, University of Hamburg) and K. Bigalke (METCON Umweltmeteorologische Beratung, Pinneberg)
• developed in a project funded by the Umweltbundesamt (Berlin) under grant number FE 104 04 354