ESSIC / AOSC Professor Raghu Murtugudde provided expert commentary for multiple broadcast CNN reports on the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370. Murtugudde was questioned on a range of topics including ocean currents, light and sound transmission, and seafloor topography and sediments.
![Figure 3. Monthly TPW anomaly time series shown in red for ERA5 and blue for MiRS SNPP, 2012-2021. The straight lines are the linear regression fits. [a] is for global, [b] for Tropics, and [c] for mid-latitude regions, respectively.](https://essic.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/grassotti-zhou-150x150.png)
