Field determination of the leeway of drifting objects
| Type | Report | ||||||||
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| Date | 2010-08-27 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Allen Arthur1, Roth Jens-Christian2, Maisondieu Christophe 3, Breivik Oyvind4, Forest Bertrand3 |
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| Affiliation(s) | 1 : US Coast Guard, US 2 : Royal Norwegian Navy, Norway 3 : Ifremer, France 4 : MET Norway, Norway |
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| Note | The leeway of a 20-ft container, WWII mine, skiff, Sunfish, and a PIW in the deceased position Fedje and Andfjord, Norway, September 2009 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | SAR, HAZMAT, trajectory models, leeway, windage, surface drift, operational oceanography | ||||||||
| Abstract | The leeway (windage) of five typical SAR/HAZMAT objects (person in water, mine, small sailboat, small open boat and a 20-ft container) and is studied. The method is applicable to objects smaller than 30m | ||||||||
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