# Griffin 2017: The search for MH370 and ocean surface drift (Parts I–IV)

> David Griffin, Peter Oke, Emlyn Jones, 2017. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The drift evidence that moved the probable site north.

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# The search for MH370 and ocean surface drift (Parts I–IV)

David Griffin, Peter Oke, Emlyn Jones, 2017. _CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, for the ATSB_.

Four CSIRO reports (December 2016 to October 2017) modelling the drift of the flaperon and other debris with ocean-model currents and with replica flaperons tracked at sea, concluding that an origin near 35°S on the seventh arc best fits the arrival times and places and the absence of debris in Australia. Part III also examines satellite images from 23 March 2014.

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## What it's used for here

The drift evidence that moved the probable site north.

## Cited by on this site 10 records

[An origin farther north (30–33°S), with the drift models' uncertainty allowing it.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/answers/ANS0CWY7ER610MA/an-origin-farther-north-3033s-with-the-drift-models)

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[An origin near 35°S on the arc best fits the arrival times and places.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/answers/ANS0CWY7E0R0S4X/an-origin-near-35s-on-the-arc-best-fits-the-arrival-times)

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[Close to the seventh arc (within about 25 nautical miles) in an unsearched stretch north of about 33°S.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/answers/ANS0CWY75YY4MM6/close-to-the-seventh-arc-within-about-25-nautical-miles-in)

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[CSIRO MH370 drift-model reports and replica-flaperon tracks](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CWY7FQE1NAG/csiro-mh370-drift-model-reports-and-replica-flaperon-tracks)

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[CSIRO drift modelling with replica flaperons favoured an origin near 35°S; the 2018 search covered that…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/evidence/EVD0CWY766R5B1A/csiro-drift-modelling-with-replica-flaperons-favoured-an)

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[CSIRO's modelling, calibrated with replica flaperons, favoured about 35°S and matched the absence of…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/evidence/EVD0CWY7E8J5WT8/csiros-modelling-calibrated-with-replica-flaperons-favoured)

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[Debris finds on Réunion, Mozambique, Tanzania and Madagascar are consistent with drift from the southern…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/evidence/EVD0CWY78WP3SWP/debris-finds-on-reunion-mozambique-tanzania-and-madagascar)

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[Drift models have wide uncertainty in arrival timing and the flaperon's windage was estimated from replicas.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/evidence/EVD0CWY7F001P68/drift-models-have-wide-uncertainty-in-arrival-timing-and-the)

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[Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370)

The mystery article

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[What do the debris finds and drift studies say about the latitude of the crash?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/mh370/questions/QST0CWY75Q47E9B/what-do-the-debris-finds-and-drift-studies-say-about-the)

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## Cite it

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Griffin, D., Oke, P., & Jones, E. (2017). The search for MH370 and ocean surface drift (Parts I–IV). CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, for the ATSB. https://www.atsb.gov.au/node/202
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