IPRC Ocean Drift Model (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii ‑ SOEST

IPRC Ocean Drift Model

Caption

This is an image of location of different types of tsunami driftage on Feb. 20, 2014. Orange regions show where items of high boyancy, or high windage, may be found. Dark blue to purple show regions where objects of low windage, lying low in the water may be found. The animation is at http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/users/hafner/PUBLIC/TSUNAMI_DEBRIS/WINDAGE_03/ANIMATION_1/movie_windages.gif.

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Nikolai Maximenko and Jan Hafner, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii

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