Description of hydro/meteo data in ship manoeuvring simulators: a survey on the state of the art

This paper describes the results of a survey performed by the authors to assess how hydro/meteo conditions are presently modelled in ship manoeuvring simulators. A questionnaire regarding current, waves, wind and water levels was sent to a selected list of simulator developers and users. The received answers were thoroughly analysed and are summarized in this paper as an overview of the state of the art in hydro/meteo data for ship simulators at the time of writing. All the results are published in an anonymous form to guarantee a high discretion level to all parties who answered the survey.