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Plastic Debris Circulation and Transport in the North Pacific Ocean

Project developed for “The Ocean Cleanup” foundation. It aims to simulate currents and waves in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, known as the Great Pacific Gargage Patch (GPGP), where tons of plastic wastes have been building up for decades. The biggest challenge of the project is to simulate the dynamics of the surface layer of the oceans, which is only a few centimeters thick.