Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3449-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3449-2019
Model description paper
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07 Aug 2019
Model description paper |  | 07 Aug 2019

VISIR-1.b: ocean surface gravity waves and currents for energy-efficient navigation

Gianandrea Mannarini and Lorenzo Carelli

Data sets

Support Data Assets for Figures and Tables in gmd-2018-292 (Geosci. Model Dev.) G. Mannarini and L. Carelli https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3258177

Model code and software

VISIR-1.b ship routing model G. Mannarini and L. Carelli https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2563074

Video supplement

optimal tracks for USNFK-ESALG route in 2017, accounting for CMEMS waves G. Mannarini and L. Carelli https://doi.org/10.5446/38218

optimal tracks for USNFK-ESALG route in 2017, accounting for both CMEMS waves and ocean currents G. Mannarini and L. Carelli https://doi.org/10.5446/38483

optimal tracks for ESALG-USNFK route in 2017, accounting for CMEMS waves G. Mannarini and L. Carelli https://doi.org/10.5446/38484

optimal tracks for ESALG-USNFK route in 2017, accounting for both CMEMS waves and ocean currents G. Mannarini and L. Carelli https://doi.org/10.5446/38482

Short summary
The VISIR ship-routing model is updated in order to deal with ocean currents. The optimal tracks we computed through VISIR in the Atlantic ocean show great seasonal and regional variability, following a variable influence of surface gravity waves and currents. We assess how these tracks contribute to voyage energy-efficiency gains through a standard indicator (EEOI) of the International Maritime Organization. Also, the new model features are validated against an exact analytical benchmark.