Fig. 6: 2018 experiment.
From: Search and rescue at sea aided by hidden flow structures
a Deployed drifters and manikins on the 9th of August 2018 based on TRAPs computed from the 24h forecast model velocity provided on the 8th at 8 pm. White dots and cyan triangles show the GPS-tracked location of CODE drifters and manikins (Fig. 3) at 10:15 am of the 9th August 2018. Dashed lines show object trajectories released at locations A–D from their deployment to the current time. b and c Drifter and manikin positions at later times, along with the corresponding model-based TRAPs. The inset in b shows a zoomed version of the manikin and drifter trajectories released in A, along with the trajectory of a fluid particle (magenta square) obtained by integrating the model velocity from the same initial condition of the drifter and manikin. The unit of s1 is day−1.
