Beyond tides and challenging weather conditions, unsteady coastal currents often make search and rescue operations exceedingly difficult. (Image: Pixabay)
Beyond tides and challenging weather conditions, unsteady coastal currents often make search and rescue operations exceedingly difficult. (Image: Pixabay) - An international research collaboration led by ETH Zurich and MIT has developed a mathematical method that can speed up search and rescue operations at sea. The new algorithm accurately predicts locations to which objects and people floating in water will drift. Hundreds of people die at sea every year due to vessel and airplane accidents. Emergency teams have little time to rescue those in the water because the probability of finding a person alive plummets after six hours. Beyond tides and challenging weather conditions, unsteady coastal currents often make search and rescue operations exceedingly difficult. New insight into coastal flows gleaned by an international research team led by George Haller, Pro-fessor of Nonlinear Dynamics at ETH Zurich, promises to enhance the search and rescue techniques currently in use.
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