The transport mechanisms of floating marine debris in coastal zones remain poorly understood, primarily due to the complex geometry and influence of coastal processes which pose difficulties in incorporating them into Lagrangian numerical models at coastal scales. LOCATE v1.0 addresses these challenges using nested grids of varying hydrodynamic resolutions (2.5 km, 350 m, and 70 m). The model couples Eulerian hydrodynamic data with a Lagrangian particle solver (Parcels v2.4.2) to accurately simulate the motion of plastic particles in coastal regions.
Minor updates to kernels