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References

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.

  • You can cite the source code of MPTRAC by using the DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4400597. This DOI represents all versions of MPTRAC, and will always resolve to the latest one. Specific DOIs for each release of MPTRAC can be found on the Zenodo web site.

This is a list of papers in which MPTRAC was applied:

  • Clemens, J., Hoffmann, L., Vogel, B., Grießbach, S., and Thomas, N.: Implementation and evaluation of diabatic advection in the Lagrangian transport model MPTRAC 2.6, Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 4467–4493, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-4467-2024, 2024.

  • Clemens, J., Vogel, B., Hoffmann, L., Griessbach, S., Thomas, N., Fadnavis, S., Müller, R., Peter, T., and Ploeger, F.: A multi-scenario Lagrangian trajectory analysis to identify source regions of the Asian tropopause aerosol layer on the Indian subcontinent in August 2016, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 763–787, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-763-2024, 2024.

  • Hoffmann, L., Haghighi Mood, K., Herten, A., Hrywniak, M., Kraus, J., Clemens, J., and Liu, M.: Accelerating Lagrangian transport simulations on graphics processing units: performance optimizations of Massive-Parallel Trajectory Calculations (MPTRAC) v2.6, Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 4077–4094, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-4077-2024, 2024.

  • Liao, Y., Deng, X., Huang, M., Liu, M., Yi, J., and Hoffmann, L., Tracking Carbon Dioxide with Lagrangian Transport Simulations: Case Study of Canadian Forest Fires in May 2021, Atmosphere, 15, 429, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15040429, 2024.

  • Zou, L., Spang, R., Griessbach, S., Hoffmann, L., Khosrawi, F., Müller, R., and Tritscher, I.: A statistical analysis of the occurrence of polar stratospheric ice clouds based on MIPAS satellite observations and the ERA5 reanalysis, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-547, 2024.

  • Hoffmann, L., Konopka, P., Clemens, J., and Vogel, B.: Lagrangian transport simulations using the extreme convection parameterization: an assessment for the ECMWF reanalyses, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 7589–7609, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-7589-2023, 2023.

  • Liu, M., Hoffmann, L., Griessbach, S., Cai, Z., Heng, Y., and Wu, X.: Improved representation of volcanic sulfur dioxide depletion in Lagrangian transport simulations: a case study with MPTRAC v2.4, Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 5197–5217, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5197-2023, 2023.

  • Wu, X., Qiao, Q., Chen, B., Wang, X., Hoffmann, L., Griessbach, S., Tian, Y., and Wang, Y., The influence of the Asian summer monsoon on volcanic aerosol transport in the UTLS region, npj Clim. Atmos. Sci., 6, 11, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00339-w, 2023.

  • Cai, Z., Griessbach, S., and Hoffmann, L.: Improved estimation of volcanic SO2 injections from satellite retrievals and Lagrangian transport simulations: the 2019 Raikoke eruption, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 6787–6809, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-6787-2022, 2022.

  • Hoffmann, L. and Spang, R.: An assessment of tropopause characteristics of the ERA5 and ERA-Interim meteorological reanalyses, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 4019–4046, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-4019-2022, 2022.

  • Mishra, M.K., Hoffmann, L., Thapliyal, P.K.: Investigations on the Global Spread of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Volcanic Eruption Using Space-Based Observations and Lagrangian Transport Simulations. Atmosphere, 13, 2055, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13122055, 2022.

  • Smoydzin, L. and Hoor, P.: Contribution of Asian emissions to upper tropospheric CO over the remote Pacific, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 7193–7206, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7193-2022, 2022.

  • Liu, M., Huang, Y., Hoffmann, L., Huang, C., Chen, P., Heng, Y.: High-Resolution Source Estimation of Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Using Large-Scale Transport Simulations, in: Krzhizhanovskaya V.V. et al. (eds), Computational Science – ICCS 2020, ICCS 2020, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12139, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50420-5_5, 2020.

  • Zhang, J., Wu, X., Bian, J., Xia, X., Bai, Z., Liu, Y., Cai, Z., Huo, J., Lyu, D., Aerosol variations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere over the Tibetan Plateau. Environ. Res. Lett., 15(9), 094068, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9b43, 2020.

  • Hoffmann, L., Günther, G., Li, D., Stein, O., Wu, X., Griessbach, S., Heng, Y., Konopka, P., Müller, R., Vogel, B., and Wright, J. S.: From ERA-Interim to ERA5: the considerable impact of ECMWF's next-generation reanalysis on Lagrangian transport simulations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 3097-3124, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3097-2019, 2019.

  • Rößler, T., Stein, O., Heng, Y., Baumeister, P., and Hoffmann, L.: Trajectory errors of different numerical integration schemes diagnosed with the MPTRAC advection module driven by ECMWF operational analyses, Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 575-592, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-575-2018, 2018.

  • Wu, X., Griessbach, S., and Hoffmann, L.: Long-range transport of volcanic aerosol from the 2010 Merapi tropical eruption to Antarctica, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 15859-15877, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15859-2018, 2018.

  • Hoffmann, L., Hertzog, A., Rößler, T., Stein, O., and Wu, X.: Intercomparison of meteorological analyses and trajectories in the Antarctic lower stratosphere with Concordiasi superpressure balloon observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 8045-8061, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8045-2017, 2017.

  • Wu, X., Griessbach, S., and Hoffmann, L.: Equatorward dispersion of a high-latitude volcanic plume and its relation to the Asian summer monsoon: a case study of the Sarychev eruption in 2009, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 13439-13455, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-13439-2017, 2017.

  • Heng, Y., Hoffmann, L., Griessbach, S., Rößler, T., and Stein, O.: Inverse transport modeling of volcanic sulfur dioxide emissions using large-scale simulations, Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 1627-1645, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1627-2016, 2016.