EONav - Copernicus Data in Support of Maritime Route Optimization

The EONav ship routing service uses near real time observations of ocean surface currents, waves, wind and sea ice conditions, in conjunction with forecasts from numerical weather and ocean models, to plan the optimal route for a vessel. Products from the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Ser...

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Published in:IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Main Authors: Eriksson, Leif, Ye, Yufang, Jonasson, Lars, Qazi, Waqas, Mao, Wengang, Wang, Helong, Moller, Joakim, Lemmens, Kris, Dokken, Sverre
Language:unknown
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Marine Engineering
Waves
Wind
Currents
Route Optimization
Copernicus
SAR
Ship Navigation
Sea Ice
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8519477
https://research.chalmers.se/en/publication/7ab292f5-2f44-459d-a1e1-4fc61ea4b67f
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Summary:The EONav ship routing service uses near real time observations of ocean surface currents, waves, wind and sea ice conditions, in conjunction with forecasts from numerical weather and ocean models, to plan the optimal route for a vessel. Products from the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) and several national weather services are used together with in-house products developed for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from satellites such as Sentinel-1, Radarsat-2 and COSMO-SkyMed. A novel data selection algorithm automatically ranks the various data sets and combines them to provide the most reliable met-ocean information. A sail plan optimized e.g. to reduce fuel consumption is determined based on the met-ocean information and is communicated to the ships to assist captains in selecting the best route and speed pattern to their destination.

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