Fuel-saving ship route using the Navy's ensemble meteorological and oceanic forecasts
dc.contributor.author | Chu, Peter C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Miller, Scott E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hansen, James A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-31T00:18:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-31T00:18:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-12 | |
dc.identifier.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. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/61114 | |
dc.description | The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1548512913516552 | en_US |
dc.description.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. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Naval Research Labratory | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Naval Oceanographic Office | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 16 p. | en_US |
dc.publisher | SAGE | en_US |
dc.rights | 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. | en_US |
dc.title | Fuel-saving ship route using the Navy's ensemble meteorological and oceanic forecasts | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.corporate | Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Oceanography | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Navy operational global atmospheric prediction system | en_US |
dc.subject.author | WaveWatch III | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Navy coastal ocean model | en_US |
dc.subject.author | brier score | en_US |
dc.subject.author | ensemble prediction | en_US |
dc.subject.author | fuel conservation and carbon reduction | en_US |
dc.subject.author | fuel consumption | en_US |
dc.subject.author | fuel-saving ship routing | en_US |
dc.subject.author | smart voyage planning (SVP) decision aid | en_US |
dc.subject.author | ensemble SVP modeling | en_US |
dc.subject.author | ship tracking and routing system | en_US |