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3 Navy Support of NSW: An Overview
3 Navy Support of NSW: An Overview
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. Most ONR-sponsored ocean research and technology development relevant to NSW is conducted within the Ocean, Atmosphere and Space Science and Technology Department (ONR 32~.
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These regional centers add local value and produce forecast products tailored directly for afloat units and staffs in their areas of responsibility. In turn, at the tactical level, on-scene METOC staffs on command and aircraft-capable ships receive and display weather imagery from both Department of Defense (DoD)
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/ BAT Tailored Products /' Imagery Major Combatant ~ ~ / ~ L'nks ~TESITDAs FIGURE 3-1 Schematic depiction of the concept of operations that underlies the Navy's existing infrastructure for supplying environmental data to its combat units at sea. NOTE: DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program; SHE Super High Frequency; NAVOCEANO Naval Oceanographic Office; NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; JWICS Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications Systems; SATCOM Satellite Communications; TDAs Tactical Decision Aids.
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Many of ONR's basic and applied research programs involve close cooperation with academia and industry, reflecting the Navy' s commitment to continue to develop strong ties to the nonmilitary private sector (NRC 1994, 1996~. As discussed previously, the main source of METOC support for NSW within ONR is the Ocean, Atmosphere, and Space Science and Technology Department (ONR 32)
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Sensing and Systems Division This division supports scientific inquiry and technology development through a number of programs, including Ocean Acoustics; Remote Sensing and Space; Sensing Information Dominance; Coastal Dynamics; Sensors, Sources, and Arrays; Ocean Engineering and Marine Systems; Undersea Signal Processing; and Tactical Sensing Support. The division's interests directly relate to Navy and Marine Corps operations including undersea, expeditionary, and special warfare in littoral environments.
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22 OCEANOGRAPHY AND NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FIGURE 3-3 Black and white images taken by the ARGUS video monitoring system located near Duck, North Carolina. Position of breaking surf visible on short time exposure (a)
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Processes under study include western and eastern boundary currents, fronts, intrusions, eddies, air/sea fluxes of heat, mass, momentum, surface and internal waves, the upper surface mixed layer, the bottom boundary layer, fine structure, and microstructure. Research continues in open ocean processes, particularly those that foster understanding of analogous processes in the littoral environment.
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Underlying fundamentals include ocean field estimation, scale interaction and boundary interaction which are now applied toward nowcast and forecast skill, subgrid scale parameterization, ocean-atmosphere and ocean-bottom coupling and nested domains. The system includes acoustic and electromagnetic propagation models linked to hydrodynamic models.
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