MPTRAC vs simDRIFT
MPTRAC
slcs-jsc.github.iosimDRIFT
simdrift.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | MPTRAC | simDRIFT |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · Physics Simulation Software | 8.7 (#7) | 7.3 (#70) |
| Authoring tools | No | Yes |
| Data export | Yes | Yes |
| Delivery mode | hybrid | desktop |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License | The repository states that MPTRAC is distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. | The GitHub repository identifies the project license as BSD-3-Clause. |
| Purpose | MPTRAC is a Lagrangian particle dispersion model for analyzing atmospheric transport in the free troposphere and stratosphere. | simDRIFT runs massively parallel Monte Carlo forward simulations of diffusion-weighted MRI experiments in biophysical tissue systems. |
| Support | The project directs questions, support, and collaboration inquiries to Dr. Lars Hoffmann at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre. | The troubleshooting page directs users with unaddressed issues to report them in the repository's issues section. |
| 3D visuals | Yes | Yes |
Plans
In their own words
MPTRAC
MPTRAC is a Lagrangian particle dispersion model for studying atmospheric transport in the free troposphere and stratosphere. It calculates forward and backward air-parcel trajectories from meteorological wind fields, with stochastic diffusion, subgrid wind variation and mixing between parcels. Optional process parameterizations cover convection, sedimentation, decay, gas-phase and aqueous-phase chemistry, and wet and dry deposition. Listed research applications include long-range pollutant transport, volcanic ash dispersion, tracer experiments and atmospheric chemistry.
The browser-based Web Runner can configure, run and visualize simulations, then download results without local installation. It is limited to 10,000 air parcels, 30 days and 10 minutes of model runtime. The model needs meteorological input, normally netCDF files on a regular pressure, longitude and latitude grid. MPTRAC supports hybrid MPI, OpenMP and OpenACC parallelization, and offers visualization interfaces for Gnuplot and ParaView. It is GPL-3.0 software for Linux, self-hosted and web use; listed pricing includes free.
simDRIFT
simDRIFT has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.