plasticparcels

plasticparcels is a python package for simulating the transport and dispersion of plastics in the ocean.

The tool is based on the Parcels computational Lagrangian ocean analysis framework (@Lange2017 and @Delandmeter2019), providing a modular and customisable collection of methods, notebooks, and tutorials for advecting virtual plastic particles with a wide range of physical properties.

Installation

plasticparcels can be installed using conda from the conda-forge channel with the following command:

conda install conda-forge::plasticparcels

Further information

For more information and documentation, see the plasticparcels documentation.