A Framework for Analyzing the Trajectories of Ocean Surface Debris: Its Application to Parts Confirmed to Be from MH370

Joaquin A Trinanes1,2, Maria Josefina Olascoaga3, Gustavo Jorge Goni1, Nikolai A Maximenko4, David Anthony Griffin5 and Jan Hafner6, (1)NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States, (2)Instituto de Investigacions Tecnoloxicas, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, (3)RSMAS - UMiami, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States, (4)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (5)CSIRO, Ocean and Atmosphere, Hobart, Australia, (6)IPRC/SOEST U. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States