Heavy Weather Avoidance and Route Design: Concepts and Applications of 500 Mb Charts
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.90 (709 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0939837781 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 250 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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There's enough theory provided for a reader to get a feel for how air mass energy transfer works, but just as the theoretical aspect takes on a mission of its own, there's a shift to more practical self-forecasting and storm avoidance wisdom. From start to finish the authors have cut to the chase, creating a readable text brimming with useful graphics. In Heavy Weather Avoidance, Chen and Chesneau merge the seamanship of a master mariner and the forecast expertise of a senior meteorologist, providing readers with double-barrel exposur
Lee Chesneau has 34 1/2 years experience in government and private industry analyzing and forecasting weather. . Ma-Li Chen is a Master Mariner
Excellent presentation and a valuable tool This book forms an excellent basis for a "mental model" of upper level 500 mb contour charts and their relevance to surface weather, The initial explanatory chapters suffer from some murkiness in terminology: Are we talking about temperature, pressure, pressure surfaces, pressure "lines" etc.? But a careful reading will sort these terms out and will clarify the terminology in the reader's mind. The dynamic, thre. Exellent Resource for Offshore Sailors I am a transoceanic sailor and navigator. This book in conjunction with Modern Marine Weather are VERY helpful in determining ideal routing, given dynamics of the eastern pacific ocean. Highly recommend this book to any offshore or even long rage near shore cruising sailor who has an interest in being able to determine weather in advance, absent a weather routing service. Pricing B. Engle The pricing for this item is curious. The Kindle version is $30 and the hard copy version is $33 to the door via an Amazon partner. I suppose the Kindle price is high so as not to undercut the print run. However, since the production cost for the Kindle version is so low, it would make sense to offer the Kindle version at a reduced rate to purchasers of the hard copy version, say $38-40 for both. I am loathe to
Captain Mike and Lee have made a valuable contribution to shipboard weather routing. --David Burch, director of Starpath School of Navigation, author of Modern Marine Weather . --Bruce R. I believe this book is a 'must read' for all serious mariners. Heavy Weather Avoidance and Route Design is an invaluable resource for all sailors and will serve as the ultimate reference on the 500 Mb chart. --Stan Honey, winning navigator on ABN AMRO One, of the 2005-2006 Volvo Ocean RaceThe outstanding and sophisticated efforts of Captain Mike and Lee provide the maritime communities of the world with significant improvements in weather prediction by focusing on the 500 Mb curve. It should take a proud place on board alongside Bowditch. Elfast, M/V Gr