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OpenDrift is a software for modeling the trajectories and fate of objects or substances drifting in the ocean, or even in the atmosphere.

See the new documentation pages: https://opendrift.github.io/install.html

License

OpenDrift is licensed under GPL v2.0

Citation

If you have found OpenDrift useful for your study, please cite it as:

Dagestad, K.-F., Röhrs, J., Breivik, Ø., and Ådlandsvik, B.: OpenDrift v1.0: a generic framework for trajectory modelling, Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 1405-1420, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1405-2018, 2018.

For the oil spill module OpenOil, please cite in addition to above:

Röhrs, J., Dagestad, K.-F., Asbjørnsen, H., Nordam, T., Skancke, J., Jones, C. E., and Brekke, C.: The effect of vertical mixing on the horizontal drift of oil spills, Ocean Sci., 14, 1581-1601, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1581-2018, 2018.

An example for the use of OpenDrift in plankton modeling (PelagicPlankton module):

Clavel-Henry M, Solé J, Kristiansen T, Bahamon N, Rotllant G, et al. (2020) Modeled buoyancy of eggs and larvae of the deep-sea shrimp Aristeus antennatus (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. PLOS ONE 15(1): e0223396. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223396

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