Presentation by Bas Stengs (Deltares), at the Delft-FEWS User Days (Day 1), during Delft Software Days - Edition 2021. Monday, 8 November 2021.

1. Bas Stengs
8 November 2021
FEWS and the Ocean Race

2. 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d77c02c54cM
the Ocean Race

3. Global Modelling of Ocean Currents: Delft3D FM Suite
Deltares GTSM + NRL HYCOM
Deltares 3D DCSM-FM
Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18
3

4. Forecast tiles
4
Spacing of
• 0.025 ° x 0.025°,
• 0.050 ° x 0.050°
Surface current magnitude (m/s)
Route optimization
Detailed ‘maps’, every
hour, for the next 7 days

5. Some results – Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong
5

6. Jan. 3th,
13h
Some results – Leg 9, Newport to Cardiff
6

7. Mission 2022/’23:
Through sailing, collect relevant data and analyse
measurements to develop our models to help
enrich the habitat, physics and biology of the North
Sea and the world’s oceans.
7
The program is important for:
1. Reduction of CO2 emissions
2. Nature conservation at offshore wind farms,
3. Improving our (global) climate models

8. info@deltares.nl
@deltares linkedin.com/company/deltares
www.deltares.nl
@deltares facebook.com/deltaresNL
Stay tuned!