1. Commander Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
Naval Oceanography Addressing Challenges through Scientific Knowledge and Decision Superiority
Maury Project
19 July 2012
RDML Jon White
Commander Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
UNCLASSIFIED

2. CNO’s Sailing Directions
ADM Jon Greenert
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)

3. It’s more than oceanography
Naval Oceanography
It’s more than oceanography

4. The Challenges of Yesterday
Maury
Michelson
Nimitz
Goldsborough

5. Battlespace on Demand (BonD) Linking Data to Decisions
Home field advantage … at the away games!

6. Navy Oceanographic Survey Ships (T-AGS)
The context for the quote is that less ships require more transiting at 12 kts to reach higher priority National requirements plus we lose the flexibility to work globally because the GFM process anchors ships to specific COCOMs.
TAGS-66
USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60) 1994
USNS Sumner (T-AGS-61) 1995
USNS Bowditch (T-AGS 62) 1996
USNS Henson (T-AGS 63) 1998
USNS Bruce C. Heezen (T-AGS-64) 2000
USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS 65) 2001
USNS Maury (T-AGS 66) 2014

7. Navy Ocean Research Ships
MIT – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Mass.)
R/V Atlantis
DSV Alvin
R/P Flip
Scripps Oceanographic Institution (San Diego)
R/V Roger Revelle
R/V Melville

8. Atmospheric Modeling Global Regional Global Ensembles
State-of-the-art weather, ocean wave, and aerosol models
High-resolution, relocatable weather/ocean models run on-demand
15 km
0 km
10 km
5 km
60 m s-1
20 m s-1
0 m s-1
40 m s-1
Sierra
Owens
Valley
Mountain
Wave
l~30 km
Obs ~28 km
5KM
Regional NCOM
1.67KM
Global Ensembles
Future Improved forecast accuracy, GI&S products and services
Weather and wave model ensembles to quantify forecast uncertainty
Global:
Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System (NOGAPS): T319L42 global spectral model; forces Global NCOM.
WaveWatch III (WW3): spectral ocean wave model; global implementations, driven by NOGAPS.
Ensemble Forecast System (EFS): NOGAPS-based global 20-member 16-day Ensemble Forecast System (part of NUOPC and JEFS collaborations); includes 20-member global WW3 ensemble.
Navy Atmospheric Aerosol Prediction System (NAAPS): only operational global aerosol model. Atmospheric optical properties output feeds Target Acquisition Weapons Software (TAWS). Driven by NOGAPS.
Regional:
Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS): regional mesoscale model, multi-nested to ~1.6 km resolution within NOGAPS; re-locatable within minutes for on-demand operational support; forces Hi-Res-NCOM and SWAN.
WaveWatch III (WW3): spectral ocean wave model; regional implementations, driven by COAMPS.
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory – NAVY (GFDN): Navy implementation of the GFDL TC model; only moveable-nest TC model operational in all ocean basins (critical part of 4-member CONW and 5-member CONU for extended TC forecasts). Nested within NOGAPS.
Future:
GI&S Services: Distribute products as an OGC Compliant web-service across all three classification domains (UNCLAS/GENSER/SCI); enables viewing of METOC products within GI&S applications (i.e. C2RPC, NITES-Next, Google Earth, etc).
Coupled COAMPS-NCOM-WW3-SWAN
TC-COAMPS: Coupled, moveable-nest TC model using COAMPS physics 8 8

9. Ocean Modeling Global Regional Local Future
3D full physics forecast models
High resolution 3D forecast models
Local
Future
2D/3D rapidly placed coastal, riverine, and estuary models
Global:
Navy Layered Ocean Model (NLOM)
Global Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM)
Regional:
Shallow Water Analysis & Forecast System (SWAFS)
East Asian Seas NCOM
HiRes-NCOM
Local:
ADCIRC
PC-Tides
HydroMap
RMA2
DELFT-3D
Riverine SWAN
Future:
16 Regional-NCOM domains
HYCOM 1/12 then 1/25 degree will replace G-NCOM
Coupled NCOM-COAMPS-SWAN
3D ADCIRC currents, tides, and temperature-salinity structure
Delft3D (surf forecasts) 9 9

10. Positioning, Navigation, & Timing
Single DOD source for precise timing and astrometric information
Precise Time
Earth Orientation Parameters
Ensemble of 90 Atomic clocks
Master Clock
Departures from “pure” rotation
Synchs the earth and its orbiting space platforms
GPS Error = 2 meters w/in week & 400 meters at months w/o EOP
Rb Fountains
IOC 2013
Voice
(± 0.1s)
Modem
(± 1ms)
Internet
(± 1ms)
GPS
(± 10 ns)
2-Way Satellite
Time Transfer
(± 1 ns)
Personal
Timekeeping
Internal System
clocks
SIPR/NIPR
Network Timing
Protocol (NTP)
Navigation,
Precision Location
ISR,
Communications
Astrometry – star positions & motions
Astronomical Applications
Ahead: GPS III and JMAPS support
Challenges: Delivery of assured time
GPS Denied environment
Opportunities: USNO and USAF TENCAP negotiating precise time provision
Navigation
Platform Orientation
Object ID & tracking 10

11. The Challenges of Today Warfare Effectiveness

12. The Challenges of Today
Safety

13. The Challenges of Today
Crisis Response

14. The Challenges of Today Alliances and Partnerships

15. The Challenges of Tomorrow?
Arctic Sea Ice Extent

16. A History of Science and Technology Excellence
U.S. Navy
A History of Science and Technology Excellence

17. A History of Science and Technology Excellence
U.S. Navy
A History of Science and Technology Excellence

18. A future of Science and Technology Excellence
U.S. Navy
A future of Science and Technology Excellence

19. 2011 Confidence Rating (Gallup) Great deal/Quite a lot of confidence
U.S. Navy – America’s Choice
2011 Confidence Rating (Gallup) Great deal/Quite a lot of confidence

21. A Global Naval Oceanography Force for Good Warfighting Effectiveness
Warfighting First
Be Ready
Operate Forward
Warfighting Effectiveness
Safety & Efficiency
Shaping

22. UNCLASSIFIED