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WEATHERNAV & PIRACY

As available in OceanView 4.3 & SDK 4.3 and later

Bjørn Åge Hjøllo Product Manager Weather Services

safenav@jeppesen.comDecember 2009

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• Quality of input data

• Integration – Towards “A Total Navigational Concept”

• Tailored tools & functionality• Online access to Historical Observations and Forecasts

• Satellite measurements of wind

• Jeppesen Piracy Warnings

• Demo of new WeatherNav features in OceanView 4.3

AGENDA

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WeatherNav- A unique navigational concept for ECDIS systems & C-MAP OceanView

Aim; To mix a leading weather and routing service withC-MAP navigational charts and services:

• Quality of input data

• Integration; merge chart and weather/MetOcean data into a user friendly GUI

• Tailored tools for safe and efficient navigation

Feedback: WeatherNav supports safety and efficiency at sea by introducing easier and more precise navigational decisions

WEATHERNAV

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QUALITY OF INPUT DATA

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NWP; BASIC PRINCIPLES

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ACCURACY

Limitation in accuracy related to Model grid box; 25 km is world leading. Early 2010 resolution is down to ~14km

Local resolution:

Standard resolution grid box:

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HIGH VS. LOW RESOLUTION

Two way communication ensures that detailsare available when you really need them...

EC-150 km, low resolution

EC-50 km, medium resolution

EC-25 km, high resolution

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VALIDATION

World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)Wave validation until 2009

Source: WMO-JCOMM

Scatter index, lower

is better.

(Red line is ECMWF)

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WMO WAVES VALIDATION

Scatter index, lower is better. (Red line is ECMWF)

BIAS index, should be zero.

Source: WMO-JCOMM

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WMO WIND VALIDATION

Scatter index, lower is better. (Red line is ECMWF)

BIAS index, should be zero.

Source: WMO-JCOMM

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Objective Validation shows:• Global meteorological forecasts from ECMWF have a higher score in average compared to

other global computer centers (e.g. NOAA, UK-Met, etc)

• Due to leading techniques for assimilation of observations, especially satellite observations, the advantage is highest over sea areas and in the tropics

• The advantages of using ECMWF meteorological forecasts will increase with forecast length, being most beneficial for marine users – especially when crossing the high seas

• ECMWF was a pioneer in Ensemble Forecasting, now the leading provider of Probability Forecasting (EPS)

• ECMWF is leading the race of having highest resolution of their global forecasting models;now providing 0.25 degrees resolution globally, in 2010 down to 0.12 degrees.

VALIDATION

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WORLD WIDE CURRENT FORECAST

Source: Mercator-Ocean (25km resolution). Click here to view updated dataset

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Parameters:• Atmosphere: pressure, wind, precipitation, temperature + dew point, clouds

• Wave: height, direction and period of total sea (Hs) and swell

• Sea: surface current, water level, water temperature

Horizontal resolution (between models grid points):• Globally: 0.25 degrees (~25km). Early 2010 down to ~12 km

• Local models: no lower limit (current is tested with res = 300m)

Forecast period and update frequency: • Long term = 10 days forecast globally, all parameters. Twice daily.

• Short term = 2-3 days forecast for special areas. Every 6 hours.

Additional data feed:• Tropical cyclones, ice coverage, tidal information in all harbours, piracy information, etc

• WeatherNav will enable optional functionality; route planning, etc

WEATHER INPUT SUMMARY

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INTEGRATION –TOWARDS A TOTAL NAVIGATIONAL

CONCEPT

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Communication module:

• HTTP

• 4 x E-Mail

• MAPI - using clients e-mail inbox

& outbox

• POP/SMTP

• Folder - using predefined send & receive folders

• File - send request, a received file is just double-clicked!

• Scheduled download - e-mail with data received every day at a given time

• Using proprietary CM-93 format; about 50% of GRIB files (GRIB is today industry standard)

FLEXIBLE COMMUNICATION

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WEATHERNAV IN ”EASY MODE”

User friendly “EasyMode” + detailed “Options Mode”:1. Download & browse by one click: using screen area as

download area2. Presentation: easy toggling of main parameters3. Dedicated nautical functionality; WX- along routes, WX-

windows, tropical cyclone, ice coverage, etc

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AUTOMATIC ROUTE FINDER

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ROUTE DETAIL CHECK

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AUTOMATIC WEATHER CHECK

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COMPARE DIFFERENT ROUTES!

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BASIC FUNCTIONALITY

Alarms - any combinations of warnings; Weather chart alarm areas Alarms along route

Time series: Identifying Weather Windows at a spot or Weather along a route:

Response calculation: Heave, Pitch, Roll

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TROPICAL CYCLONE & WIND SPEED

Tropical Cyclone and Wind speed: Blue = Breeze or less Yellow = Gale Red = Storm or above

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WETHERNAV

Competitors route suggestion (from brochure....)

WeatherNav route suggestion

WeatherNav; simply gives you a safer route suggestion...using world best WX- data

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TAILORED TOOLS &

FUNCTIONALITY

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TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS

Tropical Cyclone MELOR-09270kn/gust 330 kn (!)Source: WMO- World Met. Organization

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ICE COVERAGE

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HISTORICAL DATA & FORECASTS

Online access to two months of Historical Forecasts and Observations

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EXPORT OF WEATHER DATA

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SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS OF

WIND AND WAVE HEIGHT

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SATELLITE WIND OBSERVATIONS

Satellite Observations have coverage where the vessels are; in the open sea. Allow for validation of model forecast in near real time.

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JEPPESEN PIRACY WARNING

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JEPPESEN PIRACY WARNING

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JEPPESEN PIRACY WARNING

Piracy overlay giving type of incident and additional text and status informationSource: Bergen Risk Solutions

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FROM SOURCE TO END USER

COLLECTION PROCESSING ANALYSIS DISTRIBUTION

IMB PRC

UKMTO (UK)

MSC-HOA (EU)

ONI (US)

RECAAP (Asia)

Media

Own Network

Jeppesen’s C-Map Ocean View™

BRS in-house BRS in-house

JEPPESEN PIRACY WARNING

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Main improvements in OceanView 4.3 / SDK 4.3

• Historical observations and forecasts; online access to last two months

• Earth Observations; access to satellite measurement of wind and wave in open ocean areas

• Significant reduction in file size by using CM-93 format vs GRIB

• Stability of DataCenter is very much improved

• Possibility to combine all parameters from different info sources

• Global current (25 km horizontal resolution)

• Several new ECDIS route export formats

• Export of Weather data

• Jeppesen Piracy Warnings

WEATHERNAV 2010 RELEASE

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TESTIMONIAL, HURTIGRUTEN

I have personally used the system (OceanView) for some while now, and I must say I am very satisfied with it. We are currently sailing from Chile/Argentina down to Antarctica so this tool has been used a lot!.....The C-MAP system has proven itself to be very useful and correct when it comes to the forecasts. The “Drake Passage” crossing is approximately 500 Nautical Miles and takes us normally 36 hours. It is useful for us to be able to see what to expect when it comes to Wind and Sea, and to plan the voyage on the basis of this. Both low-pressure tracks, pressure, winds speed and wave height have been very correct. When it comes to usability, there has been no problem in getting to know the different functions. Most of it is self-explanatory and well presented. Our experience with the software is so far very good.

Geir JohannessenChief officer MV NordnorgeHurtigruten ASA

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TESTIMONIAL, BB WORKER

…….now we have tested this (software) in real life.

In connection with working with the (Deep Water Oil) rig “Transocean Leader” at position N66’00

E7’77 (Norwegian Sea) for ENI we experienced that the information we downloaded ourselves (in the

WeatherView) was more correct than the forecasts that was relayed to us from the rig,

exceptionally correct both in time and for accuracy on wind and wave height

It is also surprisingly easy to download via our Fleet 33 satellite connection (9,6 kb/s)

Captain Olav KnutsenBB Worker

Offshore Tug

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BW Lion

“Have put in use Jeppesen weather system since departure Iran and verified all relevant data since then. System is found to be working really well as it very easy use and more so you can practically lay all your courses and in fact we made a complete passage plan / route and have been monitoring weather all along the track since departure, which is very realistic and accurate. All parametric data such as - wind/wave height/sea conditions/barometric pressures/swell direction etc are very very realistic.”

In nutshell:

• System user friendly and easy to update

• Weather predictions are nearly accurate

• Route planning is very useful after taking into account weather forecasts

• Tides tool very useful & easy to use.

FEEDBACKS ON OCEANVIEW 4.0

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Amit Nandrajog

Marine Department

BW Fleet Management Pte Ltd

So far, the feedback from fleet v/ls on Jeppesen weather service has

been very positive and encouraging with the system reported to

be very user-friendly, helpful and accurate. It will also provide some valuable inputs into the navigation passage planning process making it even more effective . Once the deck officers have gone through the user instructions let them have a "play" with it for passage planning as well. The additional tool with Tides adds more utility to the system.

Going forward, we will look forward to your and the bridge team's feedback, both good and bad, on the operation of the system.

As discussed, please feel free to contact me incase you require any clarification /assistance on the above.

FEEDBACKS ON OCEANVIEW 4.0

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WEATHER DAMAGE IS TOO FREQUENT!

The benefit of a better weather forecast is obvious –

included as overlay in C-MAP electronic chart: WeatherNav!

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DEMO OF OCEANVIEW 4.3TM

A C-MAP Software including:

• Global vectorized electronic charts & functionality

• A full weather module including WeatherNav

• Jeppesen Piracy Warnings

…. and a lot more of useful navigational information and services

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OUR COMMITMENT:Jeppesen Marine Commercial Navigation will

continue to develop the

Total Navigational Concept

to support safe and efficient navigation.

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Value Added Services

One Stop Shop

Basic

Proff+/ENC ServiceCommunication

Server Functinality

Valueadding

WeatherNavincl. W.R, Piracy ++

Optimal and Safe Routing

++

New Services

ONE-STOP-SHOP; A DYNAMIC SERVICE

SDK enabling new value adding