Historical Temporal Shipping (HITS)

Abstract

This report represents information on the temporal shipping densities in 1 x 1 deg throughout the world. The basic data base was Lloyd's 1972 Shipping Index updated to 1978. The shipping routes used were reported in PSI Report No. TR-036049 of 19 April 1977. The current study provides distributions on merchant vessels, tankers, super tankers, fishing boats and mobile oil rigs. The distributions are by month, season, and annual averages. The data is available in computer readable formats upon request.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 28, 1978
Accession Number
ADB037108

Entities

People

  • A. E. Barnes
  • C. R. Lunsford
  • J. J. Weinstein
  • L. P. Solomon
  • P. J. Draper
  • T. Alessi

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Hash Tables
  • Merchant Vessels
  • Oceans
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Ships
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surveillance
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Travel Time
  • United States

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Library and Information Science
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security