References
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The current Ocetrac package will be described in a forthcoming JOSS publication. Citation details will be added here upon publication.

##### Studies Using Ocetrac

> **Note**  
> If your study uses Ocetrac, please submit a pull request or open an issue to be included here!

###### 2026

- **Drivers of Marine Heatwaves in the North Pacific.** Cai, C., L. Thompson, E.A. Maroon, A.-L. Deppenmeier, J.T. Cohen, V. Staneva. *Journal of Climate*. [10.1175/JCLI-D-25-0308.1](https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-25-0308.1)

###### 2025

- **Ocetrac: An Object-based Framework for Tracking and Quantifying Climate Events in Gridded Datasets.** Cai, C., J.T. Cohen, H.A. Scannell, V. Staneva, L. Thompson. *SciPy Proceedings*. [10.25080/vxkf4244](https://doi.org/10.25080/vxkf4244)

- **Object-based evaluation of seasonal-to-multiyear marine heatwave predictions.** 
  Cohen, J.T., L. Thompson, E. Maroon, A.-L. Deppenmeier, C. Cai. *Geophysical Research Letters*. [10.22541/essoar.173870867.74048627/v1](https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.173870867.74048627/v1)

- **Surface and Subsurface Biogeochemical Impacts of the 2019 Northeast Pacific Marine Heatwaves.** Kohlman, C., S. Mogen, J.T. Cohen, J. Araujo, E. Beaudin, G. Bonino, A. Gagliardi, N.S. Lovenduski. *Geophysical Research Letters*. [10.1029/2024GL103205](https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL103205)

###### 2024

- **Spatiotemporal Evolution of Marine Heatwaves Globally.** Scannell, H.A., C. Cai, L. Thompson, D.B. Whitt, D.J. Gagne, and R.P. Abernathey. *Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology*. [10.101175/JTECH-D-23-0126.1](https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-23-0126.1)