Team: 91
School: Media Arts Charter School
Area of Science: Oceanology
Proposal: Three years from now I want to enter into the Microtransat Challenge to travel across the Atlantic Ocean as efficiently as possible first I have to go go though a couple of steps to achieve my goals.
For my project I want to make a simulation on net-logo that will simulate a transatlantic trip. The map for net-logo will include wind patterns that have been shown throughout history along with the coasts of West Europe, West Africa, some of East North America and a little bit of East South America. The simulation will include an autonomous vessel of some kind placed in different locations to show where you should start and what time of year you should start sailing. If you were to start at a wrong time in the year the wind could be working against you and it could take up to six extra months in order to arrive at your location.
This research could help could help safeguard the Atlantic Ocean against illegal fishing and to detect and clean up oil spills. The research will also be able to improve fuel efficiency and greenhouse emissions by using more fuel efficient voyages plotted by the Net-logo program.
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Sponsoring Teacher: Creighton Edington