WAVE CLIMATOLOGY AS AN AID TO SHIP ROUTING. PART II: INDIAN OCEAN AND INDONESIAN WATERS.
Abstract
The geographic and temporal occurence of head, beam, and following seas of specified heights is presented in isoline analyses for four representative seasonal months in the Indian Ocean and Indonesian waters. The western Arabian Sea during summer and the Indian Ocean south of 35 deg. S. during southern winter are regions of maximum occurrence of seas high enough to encourage voluntary ship speed reduction. Although the customary westward track between Cape Leeuwin and the Cape of Good Hope during the summer months lies along 30 deg. S., the charts show that about a day's steaming can be saved by deviating southward as much as 6 deg. or 7 deg. of Latitude.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0646991
Entities
People
- Patterson B. Land
- Robert Valitski
Organizations
- Naval Oceanographic Office