Weather forecast for the 35th America's Cup (2017) winners based on a limited area model

The America's Cup (AC) is the oldest trophy in international sport and sailing regatta. The 35th AC occurred during spring 2017 in Bermuda. A new generation of sailing boats was in use, while the technical advances required backstage to enable a victory were equally impressive. The availability of accurate wind fields with a grid spacing of <1km from numerical meteorological forecasts was one of those key advances, used for both strategic and tactical planning. The study describes the limited area model, explicitly resolving the convection, used to generate weather forecasts for Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) challenger, the challenger and winning team. In particular, it illustrates an ability to forecast accurately the wind variability in space and time, which helped achieve victory.

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Author Messager, Christophe
Badham, Roger “Cloud”
Honnorat, Marc
Vandenberghe, François
Waterhouse, Tom
Currie, Ian
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Library
Publication Date 2020-01-01T00:00:00
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Metadata Date 2023-08-18T18:24:12.671556
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.opensky::articles:23352
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Messager, Christophe, Badham, Roger “Cloud”, Honnorat, Marc, Vandenberghe, François, Waterhouse, Tom, Currie, Ian. (2020). Weather forecast for the 35th America's Cup (2017) winners based on a limited area model. UCAR/NCAR - Library. http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7668hdp. Accessed 20 July 2025.

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