21 March to 20 April 2017 / Online Blog
“If you would like to experience a sea voyage from southern Chile to northern Germany on a research vessel demonstrating the importance of meteorological satellites to maritime safety — but the risk of seasickness isn’t your thing — stay tuned!” So says Dr Oliver Sievers, from Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), in his posting on the EUMETSAT Science Blog.
Dr Sievers is a forecaster specialising in sea-surface and wave models, and ship-route forecasts, who is blogging from aboard the Alfred Wegener Institute’s Polarstern research vessel on her 30-day voyage from Punta Arenas, Chile, to Bremerhaven, Germany.
In his first entry he says: “I hope to be able to inspire people about how important weather is on the sea and that they are fascinated by the atmosphere at sea.”
You can follow Dr Sievers’ journey on the EUMETSAT Science Blog and look for satellite images around the vessel on the EUMeTrain website.
We wish you an interesting virtual voyage!