The first edition, published in 2012, was based on satellite observations undertaken in the previous 20 years (1991-2011). The second edition is fully revised and updated by incorporating data gathered during the last five years (2011-2016).  So the data now spans 25 years and also reflects any changes that have occurred during this latest period.

Cornell’s Ocean Atlas is:

• The first significant innovation in pilot charts — an essential tool for passage planning — since pilot charts were developed by Lieutenant Maury of the US  Navy in the mid-1800s.
• The first and only pilot charts to be based on extensive near real-time geospatial and remote buoy sensing data from 1987 to the present measuring  true surface wind and current – gathered from a network of OSCAR and other meteorological satellites, using NOAA and Earth and Space Research (ESR) data  programs

Format: Concealed Spiral

# of pages: 136

Author: Jimmy Cornell