Cutting-edge Italian and American oceanographic research with its best products, SeaConditions and NYHOPS, working together to provide key information about sea state and weather conditions to be used at the next America’s cup, on May 6-8, 2016, in New York. A new collaboration between CMCC Ocean-Lab, Links Management and Technology S.p.A and Davidson Laboratory, Steven’s Institute of Technology’s marine research laboratory.

HOBOKEN, N.J.— American and Italian oceanographic researchers are collaborating to provide key information about the sea and weather conditions for the upcoming America’s Cup Race, which takes place on May 6-8, 2016, in New York Harbor.

The collaboration features leading-edge oceanographic systems and marine research from the Stevens Institute of Technology Davidson Laboratory the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) Ocean-Lab, in addition to Links Management and Technology S.p.A .

The forecasting systems, SeaConditions and NYHOPS, developed by scientists at the CMCC Ocean-Lab and at the Davidson Laboratory, respectively, will play a key role in determining sea and weather conditions for the race in the New York Harbor.

NYHOPS (New York Harbor Observing and Prediction System) is a vital forecasting resource for emergency preparedness in the New York City metropolitan area and coastal New Jersey. Developed by the Davidson Laboratory, NYHOPS provides forecast data for sea-state (currents, water level, temperature, salinity), weather conditions (wind, pressure, air temperature and cloud cover) and waves (height, period and direction). The forecasts are updated four times per day, and are published hourly.

SeaConditions, the service developed by the CMCC Ocean-Lab and Links Management and Technology S.p.A. in the framework of the TESSA project, provides ocean and weather forecasts for the Mediterranean Sea. SeaConditions will be responsible for the visualization and graphical rendering of the NYHOPS forecasts.

At the forefront of urban ocean physics and coastal engineering, the Davidson Laboratory’s renowned marine monitoring and forecasting will be combined with the CMCC Ocean-Lab’s visualization systems, resulting in reliable data, excellent graphical renderings and detailed maps of the race area in the NY/NJ Harbor Estuary with real-time information.

Forecast maps available at: http://ny.sea-conditions.com/

Picture by Phil Uhl – CC