WEATHER FORECASTING FROM SHIPS AT SEA

Modeling Sulfur Oxides (SOx) Emissions Transport from Ships at Sea Modeling Sulfur Oxides (SOx) Emissions Transport from Ships at Sea

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Evacuability of Passenger Ships at Sea

The term Evacuability (passenger evacuation performance capability) entails a wide range of capabilities encompassing evaluation of evacuation time, identification of potential bottlenecks, assessment of accommodation module layout, life saving appliances, passenger familiarisation with a ship’s environment, crew training, effective evacuation procedures/strategies, intelligent decision support...

Varicella at sea: a two-year study on cruise ships.

BACKGROUND Being highly contagious by person-to-person transmission, varicella can easily spread within the multinational population of a cruise ship and into communities ashore. The aim of the study was to report the prevalence of varicella infections in a fleet of cruise ships during a two-year period and to discuss measures to prevent and contain shipboard outbreaks. MATERIAL AND METHODS A...

Observations on Outbreaks of Cholera in Ships at Sea

At the solicitation of Dr. Milroy I have arranged the memoranda in my possession regarding outbreaks of cholera in ships at sea for submission to this Society. In addition to the interest these narratives excite, some conclusions may be drawn from them of the utmost importance in the present state of epidemiology. In investigating such points we have frequently to deal with slight manifestation...

Long-range Weather Forecasting