Characterisation of the expected weather conditions in the main European coastal traffic routes

The maritime traffic in the European seas is analysed in order to characterize the different areas in terms of traffic density and average navigational distance from the coast, assessing the relative weight of each coastal area with respect to the total European seaborne trades. The main coastal routes are also detected by highlighting the tracks that present a higher density of geo-located ship reports. The state-of-the-art ERA-interim weather database is used to compute the weighted average characteristics of the sea-state conditions in those routes, providing a meaningful reference for the waves that ships are asked to face in the coastal areas, where the occurrence of accidents is higher and further effort is required to minimize the risk at sea.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2017.05.027
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029801817302809
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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00298018
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Vettor, Roberto
  • Guedes Soares, C
• Publication Date: 2017-8-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 244-257
• Serial:
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Volume: 140
  • Publisher: Pergamon
  • ISSN: 0029-8018
  • EISSN: 1873-5258
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00298018

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coasts; Maritime safety; Routes; Shipping; Traffic density; Water traffic; Water transportation; Water transportation crashes; Weather conditions
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01645078
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 29 2017 11:58AM