In-depth coverage of the algorithms, data pipelines, and physical models behind WindMar's weather routing engine.
Meteorological and oceanographic data fields for maritime weather routing. Wind, waves, currents, SST, swell, visibility, and ice.
Read articleEnd-to-end data ingestion from NOAA GFS and Copernicus Marine Service. PostgreSQL storage, viewport-aware downloads, temporal supersession.
Read articleHull resistance models (Holtrop-Mennen), wind loads (Blendermann), wave added resistance (Kwon, STAWAVE-1), and Response Amplitude Operators.
Read articleVariable-resolution A* grid search with GSHHS coastline polygons, strait shortcuts, course-change penalties, and safety fallback routing.
Read articleMulti-objective optimization with Pareto front generation. A*-primary with optional VISIR Dijkstra. Fuel vs. time trade-offs.
Read articleReal-time weather data acquisition from NOAA and CMEMS. Credential management, download scheduling, error recovery.
Read articleCorrelated weather perturbations for P10/P50/P90 fuel and ETA envelopes. Risk quantification for voyage planning.
Read articleCurrent research challenges and planned improvements. Froude-Krylov forces, added mass, roll damping, seakeeping validation.
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