2012.4-2013.3 Yearbook of NILIM
Research Summary
Coastal, Marine and Disaster Prevention Department
| Reference Number | Y120805 |
| Title | Research on marine litter flux using numerical ocean model and web-cam monitoring systems |
| Start-End Date | 2010.4-2013.3 |
| Division | Coastal Zone Systems Division |
| Author | Head, Hirofumi HINATA Researcher, Tomoya KATAOKA |
| Summary | Plastic litter has disfigured the beaches of the world’s coastlines and caused pollutions on coastal and marine environments. Most of the plastic litter is transported from far away by ocean currents as well as that out flowed from the near coast where it is beached. Thus, to lead a solution of this problem, it is important to clarify a process by which plastic litter is transported. As a first step to clarifying the transportation process in East Asian seas, we have sequentially monitored the amount of beached plastic litter using webcams at multiple sites. |