Systems and methods for wave sensing and ship motion forecasting with scrolling forecast displays

A ship motion forecasting system comprising:

• at least one radar;
• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor;
• a ship motion forecasting program residing in the memory and being executed by the processor, the ship motion forecasting program configured to:
• receive radar data from the at least one radar reflecting signals off a body of water;
• generate ocean wave components from the received radar data;
• generate ship motion forecasts from the generated ocean wave components;
• and
• generate a graphical indication of the ship motion forecasts, the graphical indication including:
• a first window portion displaying a plurality of graphical representations of ship motion forecasts generated over a plurality of forecast processing cycles, each of the plurality of graphical representations of ship motion forecasts representing a ship motion forecast for a future time period, where graphical representations of new ship motion forecasts are added as generated and graphical representations of previous ship motion forecasts are scrolled down as the graphical representations of new ship motion forecasts are added to the first window portion such that the graphical representations of the previous ship motion forecasts are displayed aside the graphical representations of the new ship motion forecasts in the first window portion;
• a second window portion displaying a plurality of graphical representations of past ship motion forecasts generated over the plurality of forecast processing cycles, where graphical representations of new past ship motion forecasts are added and graphical representations of previous past ship motion forecasts are scrolled down as the graphical representations of the new past ship motion forecasts are added to the second window portion such that the graphical representations of the past ship motion forecasts are displayed aside the graphical representations of the new past motion forecasts in the second window portion;
• and
• a third window portion displaying a plurality of graphical representations of past ship motion measurements.

A method of providing a forecast of future ship motion, comprising:

• receiving radar data from at least one radar reflecting signals off a body of water;
• generating ocean wave components from the received radar data;
• generating ship motion forecasts from the generated ocean wave components;
• and
• generating a graphical indication of the ship motion forecasts for display to a user, the graphical indication including:
• a first window portion displaying a plurality of graphical representations of ship motion forecasts generated over a plurality of forecast processing cycles, each of the plurality of graphical representations of ship motion forecasts representing a ship motion forecast for a future time period, where graphical representations of new ship motion forecasts are added to the first window portion as generated and graphical representations of previous ship motion forecasts are scrolled over the second window portion as the graphical representations of new ship motion forecasts are added to the first window portion such that the graphical representations of the previous ship motion forecasts are displayed aside graphical representations of the new ship motion forecasts in the first window portion.