Fuel-saving ship route using the Navy's ensemble meteorological and oceanic forecasts
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Authors
Chu, Peter C.
Miller, Scott E.
Hansen, James A.
Subjects
Navy operational global atmospheric prediction system
WaveWatch III
Navy coastal ocean model
brier score
ensemble prediction
fuel conservation and carbon reduction
fuel consumption
fuel-saving ship routing
smart voyage planning (SVP) decision aid
ensemble SVP modeling
ship tracking and routing system
WaveWatch III
Navy coastal ocean model
brier score
ensemble prediction
fuel conservation and carbon reduction
fuel consumption
fuel-saving ship routing
smart voyage planning (SVP) decision aid
ensemble SVP modeling
ship tracking and routing system
Advisors
Date of Issue
2014-12
Date
Publisher
SAGE
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Abstract
Fuel conservation and carbon reduction are important issues in current naval operations. Optimal ship route (i.e. minimum fuel consumption) depends on specific ship platform characteristics and near real-time environment such as
weather, ocean waves, and ocean currents. The environmental impact of shipping can be measured on different spatial
and temporal scales. As a vital component of the smart voyage planning (SVP) decision aid, the US Navy’s meteorological
and oceanographic (METOC) forecast systems play an important role in optimal ship routing, which enables fuel savings
in addition to the aid of heavy weather avoidance. This study assesses the impact of METOC ensemble forecast systems
on optimal ship route. Tests of the SVP decision aid tool are also conducted for operational fleet use and concept of
operations for the USS Princeton guided missile cruiser (CG)-59 in a sea trial test following the 2012 Rim of the Pacific
exercises.
Type
Article
Description
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1548512913516552
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Department
Oceanography
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
Naval Research Labratory
Naval Oceanographic Office
Naval Postgraduate School
Naval Research Labratory
Naval Oceanographic Office
Naval Postgraduate School
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Format
16 p.
Citation
Chu, Peter C., Scott E. Miller, and James A. Hansen. "Fuel-saving ship route using the Navy’s ensemble meteorological and oceanic forecasts." The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation 12.1 (2015): 41-56.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.