Here, we show mutual-information (MI) Optimal flight paths for February 19, which maximizes the MI between the surface velocity measured along the candidate flight tracks in the table below on February 19 and σT at the verification points shown in the figure on the right on February 21 and 23. In addition, we consider flight paths that are 700 nmi and 805 nmi long. In each case, the flight is allowed to travel in any of Nθ=16 different directions (0° [north], 22.5°, 45°, etc.), in Ns=7 segments between takeoff and landing. We also consider a set of candidate flight paths at 700 nmi that are allowed to travel in any of Nθ=10 different directions in Ns=11 segments between takeoff and landing.
When we target σT alone we optimize flights for information on the upper-layer eddies of the western wall.
