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Vettor, R. and Guedes Soares, C. (2016), “Rough Weather Avoidance Effect on the Wave Climate Experienced by Oceangoing Vessels”, Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 59, pp. 606-6015

The quantitative assessment of the influence of rough weather avoidance on the mean wave climate ships experience in their oceanic routes is here presented. The only meteorological source that naturally includes this effect is the database derived from the Voluntary Observing Ships’ programme, which is here compared with the state-of-the-art ERA-interim numerical re-analysis. The results of this work allow quantifying the mean reduction of the significant wave height encountered by ships in their operations for a more aware planning of the missions and better assessment of the environmental conditions.

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