Tracking the debris from the 11 March 2011 tsunami in Japan using the SCUD model of the surface ocean currents.
Track of debris after the 11th March 2011 tsunami in
Japan is plotted on daily basis . The SCUD diagnostic
model of surface currents is emplyed to track tracers relased from the
NE coast of Japan on 11 March 2011. The total number of tracers
released is 678,305 and they are intially distributed along the NE
coast of Japan and weighted relative to the population. The plot
dated 11 March 2011 shows the initial distribution of tracers along the
coast. Then the tracers are advected by SCUD currents and
their location plotted for each day. The last 10 days are
plotted on this page, the movie contains all days since 11
MAR 2011.
The individual images can be found here
In moving pictures here :
