References#

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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