to assess the possible drift of the bodies/debris, shouldn't surface winds (E->W) and even wave trains (SW->NE) be taken into account along with surface currents (SW->NE) being considered here ? knowing the distribution of the recovered debris in space and time, knowing all the history of the metocean data, it should be possible to rewind the movie to the 1st of June with a numerical code to get more accurate results ? typically in the realm of expertise of the IFREMER and the SHOM, and the kind of analysis I expected in the BEA report, the kind of analysis one could make to establish an underwater search area. Now, maybe a numerical code is available or some goodwilling expert in the relevant oceanic lab could help.
Jeff
PS) if it is not the case for all the debris, we know pretty well human bodies characteristics.
Last edited by Hyperveloce; 6th Jul 2009 at 22:21.