The reference data on the wind and wave regime of the Barents and Kara Sea Shelf include the required calculation methodology and details for the correct classification of ships by navigation areas when developing the rules and regulations of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping design ships and facilities, to assess the navigating conditions, to plan the operations on the open sea and on the shelf, as well as to resolve other matters related to the navigation and to the designing of ocean-engineering facilities.
The study has been carried out at the Department of Oceanology of the Saint Petersburg State University (SPbSU) and at the Federal State-Funded Educational Institution of Higher Vocational Education "Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics" (NRU ITMO). Authors and assigned persons: Dr. Sci. in Geography, Prof. L.I. Lopatoukhin, Dr. Sc. in Engineering A.V. Boukhanovsky, Cand. Sc. In Physics and Mathematics E.S. Chernysheva.