Sea, Swell and Surf Forecasting for D-Day and Beyond The Anglo-American Effort, 1943-1945

Late in 1943, the British Admiralty became responsible for preparing the sea, swell and
surfforecastsfor Operation OVERLORD, the world's largest amphibious assault. To do so, as
of 1 February 1944, the Admiralty's Naval Meteorological Service activated a Swell Forecast
Section. There follows a first-hand account of how this unit prepared the requisite wave
predictions for D-Day (6 June 1944), the Big Storm (19-22 June 1944), and over-the-beach
supply operations following the destruction of the artificial harbor at the OMAHA beachhead.
The same British and American meteorologists were then posted to the Joint Meteorological
Centre, Colombo, Ceylon to assist in the invasion of Rangoon, Burma (Operation DRACULA).



http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/hist/bates_sea-swell-surf.pdf

 

CL1
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