The black contours shown are reachability front forecasts, at 12 hour intervals (0hr to 168hr forecasts, with increasing line thickness for later times). The reachability front is the boundary of the largest set (the reachable set) that the glider can reach within that duration. It is computed by numerically solving our exact governing PDE for this time-optimal reachability front.
In this forecast, we consider the requested starting location of 26.5°N, 85.0°W.
Each row in the table corresponds to an MSEAS reachability forecast for different assumed glider speeds: 50, 40, 30, and 20 cm/s.
| Assumed Speed (cm/s) | Starting Location: 26.5°N, 85.0°W |
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| 0-1000m Avg Velocity Background | |
| 50 |
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| 40 |
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| 30 |
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| 20 |
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