Meteorology And Oceanography For Seafarers Pdf

[Gracia Bradshaw]

Thisbook aims to present the fundamentals of meteorology and highlight those aspects of particular interest to all seafarers. It does not aim to provide a simple explanation, as this is regularly and professionally done by radio, television and the more elementary text books, nor does it delve into the highly complex explanations provided by research papers.

Meteorology for Seafarers is therefore a technical book which aims to explain the complexities of the atmosphere and provide the information needed by professional seafarers aspiring to first class certificates of competency and to students studying for degrees.

Founded in 1957, Maryland Nautical Sales is one of the largest nautical chart agents in the United States. We have in stock a worldwide selection of nautical charts (electronic & paper), books, navigation software and marine supplies. As a supplier of worldwide charts (corrected up-to-date) and publications of the U.K. Hydrographic Office (British Admiralty) since 1987, Maryland Nautical was granted its "International Admiralty Chart Agent" status by the U.K.H.O. in 1999. We are also an ISO 9001 Registered Firm.

I am a Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) with over 30 years of meteorological and forensic experience. My company, WeatherGuy.com, LLP was founded in 1996. My specialties include forensic marine meteorology, reconstruction of weather events, ship and boating accidents, weather routing for cruisers and racing yachts, and education and training for mariners.

I have forecast experience in all major ocean basins, Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas, and Northwest Passage. My main geographical area of expertise is North and South Pacific Oceans including but not limited to northern and southern hemispheres, Hawaiian waters, Alaska to Panama Canal coastal waters, and Galapagos to Australia.

Previous to my professional career, I served in the U.S. Navy for over 24 years, which began as a commissioned Ensign and retired as a Commander. I held a top secret special compartmented information security clearance. I spent over eight years of sea duty onboard various warships including aircraft and helicopter carriers. I studied tropical cyclones and provided heavy weather avoidance tactics to evade threatening weather. On my shore assignments, I developed optimum ship route plans, forecasts, and reconstructed heavy weather events, including avoiding tropical cyclones, for Department of Defense assets in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

I love teaching meteorology classes to adult mariners. My company motto: Predict, Provide, Protect describes out commitment to safety at sea. I was a temporary, private high school teacher in physics and oceanography until a permanent hire could be located. I have been a guest speaker in various occasions including undergraduate sessions to college students and safety at sea seminars.

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