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

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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.