| To design offshore structures, to prepare operations at sea and unusual transportations on marine routes, to assess safety levels with respect to marine climate, one needs practical data describing the wave, wind and current conditions that may occur. This essential information is unfortunately very seldom readily available exactly for the geographical area of interest. Where to look for it, how to evaluate and choose amongst what one may find, how to get aware of its adequation and drawbacks for the projected use, whom to call for help, as many questions to which this report is expected to bring some answers. Engineers in charge of coastal or offshore projects, logistics managers implied in sea transportations, underwriters, planners for shore equipments... |
