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by David Burch
A new, comprehensive text on how to take weather into account for the planning and navigation of voyages, local or global, using the latest technologies as well as the time-honored skills of maritime tradition so that your time on the water remains as safe and efficient as possible. It does not just tell you about it, it tells you how to do it. 8.5" x 11" paperback, 274 pages, 400 illustrations, Full Color.
• Demise of annual tide and current tables of harmonic predictions
• Explain access and use of the new OFS model for digital tide and current forecasts – superior to harmonic predictions
• Implications of the demise of NOAA paper charts
• A look ahead to the new S-100 chart standard with its many environmental overlays
• New sources of GIS data and how Google Earth can be a navigation aid
• Expanded discussion of high-resolution local weather models
• Expanded discussion of ocean currents
• Revolutionary eff ect of satellite internet, such as Starlink, on weather data access
• Modern role of Iridium satcom and other satellite text and tracking options
• Discussion of the potential demise of many HF radio resources
• Revolutionary eff ects of planned satellite-assisted calling
• Revolutionary new way to use ASCAT wind measurements
• Applications of new, very inexpensive accurate barometers
• Detailed survey of weather models, regional and global, available now and forthcoming
• Review new nav app functions that display live buoy and ship reports on the chart
• Streamlined the use of NWS zone forecasting in light of new resources
• New probability forecasting, including new NHC maps of probable cyclone positions
• Explain NHC and Navy decision to discontinue the Mariners 1-2-3 Rule on tropical cyclone avoidance
• Explain the new 34-kt Wind Rule for tropical cyclone avoidance
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