Massive-Parallel Trajectory Calculations (MPTRAC) is a Lagrangian particle dispersion model for the analysis of atmospheric transport processes in the free troposphere and stratosphere.
Information for new users and developers is available from the MPTRAC GitHub repository.
These are the main references for citing the MPTRAC model in scientific publications:
Hoffmann, L., Baumeister, P. F., Cai, Z., Clemens, J., Griessbach, S., Günther, G., Heng, Y., Liu, M., Haghighi Mood, K., Stein, O., Thomas, N., Vogel, B., Wu, X., and Zou, L.: Massive-Parallel Trajectory Calculations version 2.2 (MPTRAC-2.2): Lagrangian transport simulations on graphics processing units (GPUs), Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 2731–2762, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-2731-2022, 2022.
Hoffmann, L., T. Rößler, S. Griessbach, Y. Heng, and O. Stein, Lagrangian transport simulations of volcanic sulfur dioxide emissions: Impact of meteorological data products, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, 4651-4673, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD023749, 2016.
More detailed information for users and developers is provided in the user manual and the doxygen manual.
We are interested in sharing MPTRAC for operational and research applications. Please do not hesitate to contact us, if you have any further questions or need support.
Dr. Lars Hoffmann
Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich
e-mail: l.hoffmann@fz-juelich.de