Search-and-rescue Algorithm Identifies Hidden 'Traps' in Ocean Waters
Published:06 Jul.2020 Source:Sea Wanderer
When an object or person goes missing at sea, the complex, constantly changing conditions of the ocean can confound and delay critical search-and-rescue operations.
Now researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Virginia Tech and other institutions have developed a technique they hope will help first responders quickly zero in on regions of the sea where missing objects or people are likely to be. The results of the National Science Foundation-funded study are published in the journal Nature Communications.