In the complex processes of route planning, voyage monitoring, and post-voyage analysis, a key element is the capability of merging metocean forecast data with the available knowledge of ship responses in the encountered environmental conditions. In this context, a prototype system has been implemented capable of integrating metocean models forecasts with ship specific performance data and models. The work is based on the exploitation of an open source ECDIS-like system originally developed in the e-Navigation framework. The resulting prototype system allows the uploading and visualization of metocean data, the consequent computation of fuel consumption along each analyzed route, and the evaluation of the encountered meteo-marine conditions on each route way point. This allows us to “effectively and deeply dig inside” the various layers of available metocean forecast data regarding atmospheric and marine conditions and evaluating their effects on ship performance indicators. The system could also be used to trigger route optimization algorithms and subsequently evaluate the results. All these functionalities are tailored in order to facilitate the “what-if” analysis in the route selection process performed by deck officers. Many of the added functionalities can be utilized also in a shore-based fleet monitoring and management center. A description is given of the modeling and visualization approaches that have been implemented. Their potentialities are illustrated through the discussion of some examples in Mediterranean navigation.

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通过将气象预报数据和船舶性能模型集成到类似ECDIS的电子导航原型接口中进行气象导航

在路线规划，航行监控和航行后分析的复杂过程中，关键要素是能够将海洋预报数据与所遇到的环境条件下的船舶响应的已知知识进行合并。在这种情况下，已实现了一个原型系统，该系统能够将海洋模型预报与船舶特定的性能数据和模型集成在一起。这项工作基于对最初在电子导航框架中开发的类似于ECDIS的开源系统的利用。最终的原型系统允许上载和可视化的海洋数据，随后沿每个分析路线的油耗计算以及对每个路线航路点遇到的海上海洋条件的评估。这使我们能够“有效和深入地挖掘”有关大气和海洋状况的各种可用的海洋预报数据的各个层，并评估它们对船舶性能指标的影响。该系统还可用于触发路线优化算法并随后评估结果。所有这些功能都是经过量身定制的，以便于在甲板人员执行的路线选择过程中进行“假设分析”。许多附加功能也可以在岸上车队监视和管理中心中使用。给出了已实现的建模和可视化方法的描述。通过讨论地中海航行中的一些例子来说明它们的潜力。