Encountered Wave Height Distributions for Ships in the North Atlantic

About 20 000 observations of wave heights taken on board vessels sailing in the North Atlantic are presented. The data covers year 2002 and 2003 and stem from a variety of ship types. From the preliminary analysis of the data some conclusions are reached about the effect of weather routing whether b...

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Main Authors: Olsen, Anders Smærup, Schrøter, C., Jensen, Jørgen Juncher
Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Seehafen Verlag 2004
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Online Access:https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/9dc03486-a76e-4443-be16-f9bea43b4880
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Summary:About 20 000 observations of wave heights taken on board vessels sailing in the North Atlantic are presented. The data covers year 2002 and 2003 and stem from a variety of ship types. From the preliminary analysis of the data some conclusions are reached about the effect of weather routing whether being from elaborated forecast and routing procedures or from just the on-line weather information available for the ship master.