Articles | Volume 19, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-10223-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-10223-2026
Model description paper
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28 Oct 2026
Model description paper |  | 28 Oct 2026

OceanTracker 0.5: fast adaptable Lagrangian particle tracking in structured and unstructured grids

Ross Vennell, Laurin Steidle, Malcolm Smeaton, Romain Chaput, and Ben Knight

Model code and software

oceantracker/oceantracker: v0.5.3.8-zenodo Ross Vennell and Laurin Steidle https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22588338

OceanTracker 0.5: Fast Adaptable Lagrangian Particle Tracking in Structured and Unstructured Grids L. Steidle et al. https://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.14172

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Ocean currents transport everything from pollution to marine larvae, but tracking millions of virtual particles to understand these movements typically requires weeks of computer processing. OceanTracker solves this bottleneck by being over ten times faster than existing tools, completing million-particle simulations in under an hour on standard computers. This speed breakthrough enables scientists to generate heat maps and analyze connectivity patterns between ocean regions.
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