VISIR-2 is a numerical model realized by the CMCC Foundation.
List of VISIR-2 related publications
2025
Poster on Pacific Ocean mapping of optimal routes
Salinas, M. L. and Mannarini, G.: Voyage Optimization with the VISIR-2 Model on the Shanghai–Los Angeles Green Corridor of shipping, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-16374, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-16374, 2025.
2024
Conference paper on optimal routes in the Skagerrak
Mannarini, G., Salinas: A ferry route in the Skagerrak optimised via VISIR-2, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, (2867) 012003, https://doi.org//10.1088/1742-6596/2867/1/012003, 2024.
VISIR-2 reference paper
Mannarini, G., Salinas, M. L., Carelli, L., Petacco, N., and Orović, J.: VISIR-2: ship weather routing in Python, Geosci. Model Dev., https://doi.org//10.5194/gmd-17-4355-2024, 2024.
2022
Conference paper on the GUTTA-VISIR operational service
G. Mannarini, L. Carelli, F. Viola, M. Hoxhaj, M. Scuro, S. Kyal, R. Lecci, G. Coppini, “The GUTTA-VISIR system for operational CO2 emission savings from ferries” in Scaling Decarbonisation Solutions: Reducing Emissions by 2030, 29th November – 1st December 2022, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, https://zenodo.org/records/7442310
A VISIR-2 application for a Green Corridor in the West Pacific
G. Mannarini, A. Salhi, N. Pinardi, M.L. Salinas, L. Carelli, G. Coppini, “Waves and surface ocean circulation for least-carbon ship routes” in The World Ocean Circulation User Consultation Meeting 2022, 10-12 October 2022, ESA-ESRIN, Italy https://eo4society.esa.int/training_uploads/WOC2022_Presentations/Day2/Session3-Downstream%20Applications/Safe_Navigation/01_Mannarini.pdf
2021
Preliminary results with VISIR-2
Mannarini, G., Carelli, L., Orović, J., Martinkus, C.P., Coppini, G.: Towards Least-CO2 Ferry Routes in the Adriatic Sea, J. Mar. Sci. Eng., 9(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9020115, 2021.
2020
An inter-comparison of VISIR-1 with a partial differential equation model
G. Mannarini, D. N. Subramani, P. F. J. Lermusiaux and N. Pinardi, “Graph-Search and Differential Equations for Time-Optimal Vessel Route Planning in Dynamic Ocean Waves,” in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 3581-3593, Aug. 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2019.2935614.
2019
VISIR-1.b: The first model release accounting for ocean currents
Mannarini, G. and Carelli, L.: VISIR-1.b: ocean surface gravity waves and currents for energy-efficient navigation, Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 3449–3480, doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3449-2019, 2019.
A comparison of VISIR-1 and AIS tracks
Mannarini G., Carelli L., Zissis D., Spiliopoulos G., Chatzikokolakis K.: Preliminary Inter-comparison of AIS Data and Optimal Ship Tracks. TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, Vol. 13, No. 1, doi: https://doi.org/10.12716/1001.13.01.04, pp. 53-61, 2019
2016
VISIR-1 seminal paper
Mannarini, G., Pinardi, N., Coppini, G., Oddo, P., and Iafrati, A.: VISIR-I: small vessels – least-time nautical routes using wave forecasts, Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 1597-1625, doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1597-2016, 2016.
VISIR-1 code architecture
Mannarini, G., Pinardi, N., Coppini, G.: VISIR: A Free and Open-Source Model for Ship Route optimization, 15th International Conference on Computer and IT Applications in the Maritime Industries, url: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313064218_VISIR_A_Free_and_Open-Source_Model_for_Ship_Route_optimization, Lecce, 2016.
Technical infrastructure of an operational service based on VISIR-1
Mannarini, G., Turrisi, G., D’Anca, A., Scalas, M., Pinardi, N., Coppini, G., Palermo, F., Carluccio, I., Scuro, M., Cretì, S., Lecci, R., Nassisi, P., and Tedesco, L.: VISIR: technological infrastructure of an operational service for safe and efficient navigation in the Mediterranean Sea, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 1791-1806, doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1791-2016, 2016.
2015
VISIR-1 extension to sailboats
Mannarini, G.; Lecci, R.; Coppini, G., “Introducing sailboats into ship routing system VISIR,” in Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA), 2015 6th International Conference on , vol., no., pp.1-6, 6-8 July 2015, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/IISA.2015.7387962
2013
Before VISIR: Key ideas and first algorithmic implementation
Mannarini G., Coppini G., Oddo P., Pinardi N.: A Prototype of Ship Routing Decision Support System for an Operational Oceanographic Service. TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, Vol. 7, No. 1, doi: https://doi.org/10.12716/1001.07.01.06, pp. 53-59, 2013