Ship-based Weather Routing Using Dynamical Meteorology
Many vessels trading on North Atlantic routes are equipped with weather facsimile receiving devices of various types. Ship-masters engaged on regular voyages in this area are thus able to conduct their own passage planning using the information readily available from these intruments. The capital co...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0373463300039837 2024-03-03T08:47:06+00:00 Ship-based Weather Routing Using Dynamical Meteorology Motte, R. 1983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300039837 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300039837 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of Navigation volume 36, issue 3, page 480-495 ISSN 0373-4633 1469-7785 Ocean Engineering Oceanography journal-article 1983 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300039837 2024-02-08T08:29:27Z Many vessels trading on North Atlantic routes are equipped with weather facsimile receiving devices of various types. Ship-masters engaged on regular voyages in this area are thus able to conduct their own passage planning using the information readily available from these intruments. The capital cost in relation to other ship operation costs is negligible; in US dollars (1983) it is likely to be of the order: There would be no problem in planning a vessel's route across an ocean if it were possible to forecast with total accuracy the actual sea state existing for the duration of a voyage. Such an ideal circumstance does not yet exist and a method must thus be used which incorporates flexibility to modify a voyage plan as actual weather varies from the prognosis. This means that a subjective approach to storm avoidance may, on occasions, be preferable to the stringent demands of a least-time track. The obsession of routing agencies with the latter method may be one reason why weather routing has not achieved the success it perhaps deserves. A ship may be damaged or delayed by the action of sea waves on her hull or structure. Hull form and ship dimensions are usually selected on the basis of calm-water performance, rather than for sustained sea-speed. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Cambridge University Press Journal of Navigation 36 3 480 495 |
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Many vessels trading on North Atlantic routes are equipped with weather facsimile receiving devices of various types. Ship-masters engaged on regular voyages in this area are thus able to conduct their own passage planning using the information readily available from these intruments. The capital cost in relation to other ship operation costs is negligible; in US dollars (1983) it is likely to be of the order: There would be no problem in planning a vessel's route across an ocean if it were possible to forecast with total accuracy the actual sea state existing for the duration of a voyage. Such an ideal circumstance does not yet exist and a method must thus be used which incorporates flexibility to modify a voyage plan as actual weather varies from the prognosis. This means that a subjective approach to storm avoidance may, on occasions, be preferable to the stringent demands of a least-time track. The obsession of routing agencies with the latter method may be one reason why weather routing has not achieved the success it perhaps deserves. A ship may be damaged or delayed by the action of sea waves on her hull or structure. Hull form and ship dimensions are usually selected on the basis of calm-water performance, rather than for sustained sea-speed. |
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Ship-based Weather Routing Using Dynamical Meteorology |
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Ship-based Weather Routing Using Dynamical Meteorology |
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Ship-based Weather Routing Using Dynamical Meteorology |
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