Early forecasts of the sea state were created manually based upon empirical relationships between the present state of the sea, the expected wind conditions, the fetch / duration, and the direction of the wave propagation.
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The campaign, organized together with the magazine L'Espresso ( which publishes weekly data from surveys carried out ) is the first study on marine pollution at a time when the control authorities were not able to provide an overview of state of the sea.
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The brig caught fire but because of the state of the seas, " Dryad " was only able to save some 17 men of her crew of 90 or so men . " Cornelie " was 16 days out of Nantz and had only captured one ship, a Dane.
