Markov-chain-inspired search for MH370

Markov-chain models are constructed for the probabilistic description of the drift of marine debris from Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. En route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, MH370 mysteriously disappeared in the southeastern Indian Ocean on 8 March 2014, somewhere along the arc of the 7th ping ring around the Inmarsat-3F1 satellite position when the airplane lost contact. The models are obtained by discretizing the motion of undrogued satellite-tracked surface drifting buoys from the global historical data bank. A spectral analysis, Bayesian estimation, and the computation of most probable paths between the Inmarsat arc and confirmed airplane debris beaching sites are shown to constrain the crash site, near 25°S on the Inmarsat arc.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

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2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

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Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.) - 29(2019), 4 vom: 28. Apr., Seite 041105

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Miron, P [VerfasserIn]
Beron-Vera, F J [VerfasserIn]
Olascoaga, M J [VerfasserIn]
Koltai, P [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 20.11.2019

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1063/1.5092132

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM29662652X