Wave Climatology as an Aid to Ship Routing. Part III: North Pacific Ocean.

The percentage frequency of occurrence of head, beam, and following seas of specified heights for eight compass headings is presented in isoline analyses for four representative seasonal months in the North Pacific Ocean. Centers of maximum frequency of high seas in the northwest Pacific and Gulf of...

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Main Authors: Land, Patterson B., Valitski, Robert
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1969
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Marine Engineering
(*MARINE TRANSPORTATION
PACIFIC OCEAN)
(*OCEAN WAVES
CLIMATE)
METEOROLOGICAL CHARTS
STORMS
OCEAN CURRENTS
WIND
WEATHER FORECASTING
ALASKA GULF
MARINE METEOROLOGY
PERIODIC VARIATIONS
BEARING(DIRECTION)
*NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
SHIP SPEED REDUCTION
*SHIP ROUTING
SURFACE NAVIGATION
Bering Sea
Gulf of Alaska
Pacific
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0861643
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0861643
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Summary:The percentage frequency of occurrence of head, beam, and following seas of specified heights for eight compass headings is presented in isoline analyses for four representative seasonal months in the North Pacific Ocean. Centers of maximum frequency of high seas in the northwest Pacific and Gulf of Alaska in February are likely to encourage voluntary reduction in ship speed upward of 20 percent of the time for westerly headings. An experimental Seattle to Yokohama route in February via the Bering Sea is outlined as an example of operational planning use of the wave climatology charts in this report. (Author) See also Part 2, AD-646 991.

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