Macedonian Merchant Marine Academy – Friday 19 April 2024, 11.00-13.00

[ For the certificate of attendance of the workshop, please fill out the relevant form here]

THE StormGeo Greece AS and the MeteoMarine are organized on Friday, April 19, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Modern Marine Meteorology Workshop with the participation of the students of the masters school of AEN Macedonia. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to learn how to read surface charts that we receive on board (facsimile), what is the significant wave height and how to read wave charts. At the same time, they will be informed about all the modern developments in the course optimization process using modern tools.

After the Workshop the participants:

  • They will be able to understand the practical significance of isobars in relation to wind and how they can calculate wind intensity and direction
  • they will predict the movement of barometric lows
  • they will know the danger of a barometric low
  • they will learn what the significant wave height is and how it is related to the wave we face at sea
  • they will learn how to read wave charts
  • they will learn how using modern tools they can optimize their route (route optimization)

Location

The Workshop will be held in the school's Amphitheater at 11.00 and will last two hours.

Certificate of Attention

Those who wish to receive a certificate of attendance after the end of the workshop, please fill out the relevant form here and after the relevant check of your presence at the Workshop, you will receive the certificate in pdf format.

Speakers

THE Dr. Nikos Mazarakis is professor of Maritime Meteorology, visiting professor at Uninettuno University/Institute for International Maritime Studies, lecturer at KEDIVIM University of Western Macedonia and Director of the Hellenic Office of the weather company STORMGEO. At the same time, he collaborates as a research associate at National Observatory of Athens. He is one of the main presenters on meteorology in the program "Enhancing maritime security spirit in the Eastern Mediterranean". He has to his credit more than 5500 hours of teaching in the subject of Nautical Meteorology while in the past he has collaborated with major Athenian newspapers, radio and television stations. He organizes seminars for large companies and groups while he has given dozens of lectures in Greece and Cyprus on weather conditions with an emphasis on the sea. For detailed CV click here.

Modern Marine Meteorology Workshop

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