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Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4769-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4769-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
Model description paper
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30 Jul 2021
Model description paper |  | 30 Jul 2021

Ocean Plastic Assimilator v0.2: assimilation of plastic concentration data into Lagrangian dispersion models

Axel Peytavin, Bruno Sainte-Rose, Gael Forget, and Jean-Michel Campin

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We present a new algorithm developed at The Ocean Cleanup to update ocean plastic models based on measurements from the field to improve future cleaning operations. Prepared in collaboration with MIT researchers, this initial study presents its use in several analytical and real test cases in which two observers in a flow field record regular observations to update a plastic forecast. We demonstrate this improves the prediction, even with inaccurate knowledge of the water flows driving plastic.
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