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Design and Operation of a Computerized, On-Board, Weather Routeing System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

R. H. Motte ,
R. Fazal ,
M. Epshteyn ,
S. Calvert  and
H. Wojdylak
R. H. Motte
Affiliation:
(University of Plymouth)
R. Fazal
Affiliation:
(Oceanroutes Inc., California)
M. Epshteyn
Affiliation:
(Oceanroutes Inc., California)
S. Calvert
Affiliation:
(Oceanroutes Inc., California)
H. Wojdylak
Affiliation:
(Oceanroutes Inc., California)
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Weather routeing of ships has taken roughly three chronological steps. Originally, seasonal climatological weather charts, bearing little resemblance to actual conditions, gave standard routes. This somewhat passive activity was superseded by the measurement and subsequent forecasting of atmospheric and oceanographic data. Weather routeing became more complex as telex and radio facsimile routeing messages could be regularly transmitted to the ship. This form of routeing is still operational; masters can obtain radio facsimile sea and pressure charts and perform their own routeing, or employ specialist organizations which transmit the relevant routeing advice.

Keywords

1. Weather routeing.2. Voyage planning.
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , January 1994 , pp. 54 - 69
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1994

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