A importância da climatologia e da previsão meteorológica para o planejamento de uma derrota

Abstract

The study of meteorology becomes fundamental to the safety of maritime's operations. The weather forecast's objective is based on reducing and preventing accidents, it may also help in reducing shipping time and shipping costs. This work has as an objective show the importance of such knowledge to the Deck Officers and shows the many concepts of elements like ocean surface's temperature, clouds and rainfalls, mist and fog. The difference between the types of cyclones and how do identify them at satellite’s pictures, such as the concepts of mass and fronts. Presents the many instruments that make the weatherforecast easier, the types of publications that must be used onboard by the navigator and to interpretate them, as nautical charts, synoptic charts, weather report, script, pilot chart and satellite weather pictures.