1. U.S. Navy & Marine Corps Program
CLASSIFICATION
U.S. Navy & Marine Corps Program
Hydrometeorology within
the Navy Oceanography Program
Kurt A. Nelson
Joint Meteorology & Oceanography Integration
Oceanographer of the Navy Staff
Prepared for
Office of the Federal Coordinator for
Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
10 December, 2008
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2. Overview Navy’s Maritime Strategy Navy Oceanography Mission
CLASSIFICATION
Overview
Navy’s Maritime Strategy
Navy Oceanography Mission
Capabilities
Summary
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3. Maritime Strategy “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower”
Six key tasks or strategic imperatives:
Regionally concentrated, forward-deployed task forces to limit regional conflict
Deter major power war
Win our Nation’s wars as part of a joint campaign
Contribute to homeland defense in depth
Foster and sustain cooperative relationships with more international partners
Prevent or mitigate disruptions or crises

4. Maritime Strategy Implications for Naval Oceanography
Warfighting readiness:
Environmental support globally
Leverage R&D initiatives to ensure warfighting benefits
Manage risk and understand uncertainty of predictions
Partnership building
National and international relationships to advance common national interests and global maritime security
Humanitarian assistance and disaster response
Rapid and sustained non-combatant evacuations
Potential impacts of climate change on
natural disasters, social instability and regional crises

5. Mission Resource, Requirements and Policy Advisor
Navy’s Oceanography Program
Oceanography
Meteorology
Hydrography
Geospatial Information and Services
Precise Time and Time Interval, and Astrometry

6. Future Operational View Battlespace Sensing Fusion & Integration
CLASSIFICATION
Future Operational View Battlespace Sensing Fusion & Integration
FUSION:
Reach Back Center
& Domain Authority
Data Ingest
Quality Control
Processing
Assimilation
Nowcast Forecast
Dissemination
Expert Advice
FNMOC
COMMS
Space METOC
Sensors
NAVO
COTP
USW DSS
UAV
Dropsondes
TTS
TTS
CSG
ESG
REA
REA
SPP
M2M
TDAs
TTs
COTP
USWDSS
REA
T-AGS
METMF
UUV
Glider
PUMA
Buoys/Drifters
Bottom
Sensors
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7. The Underpinning Capabilities
Military Survey Ships
METMF (R)
HSL/FST
METMF (R)
NEXGEN
(circa 2012)
Tethered Vehicles
UUVs
Buoys
Buoys
MSRC
Satellites
CHARTS
Ocean Gliders
Expertise
International Agreements
Fleet Sensed Data

8. Joint Maritime Battlespace
Provide - Environmental Understanding
Assure - Safety & Readiness Fleet
Ensure - Educated Decision-Making
Enable - Dominant Sea Power
Sea Strike
Capture the scope of what naval METOC brings to the table for the warfighter.
FOCUS OF EFFORT:
1. Provide a Naval Oceanography Program that enables Dominant Sea Power for all missions, Peace to War
2. Enable Dominant Sea Power through safe and efficient Navigation of Fleet Forces
Sea Base
Sea Shaping
Sea Shield
…know the terrain and know the
weather and your victory will be complete
Sun Tzu, The Art of War

9. Summary Focus Collaboration on the Navy’s Maritime Strategy
Fully Understand the Physical Environment [Hydro-Meteorology]
Collection, Analysis, Prediction, and Exploitation
Synoptic- to Micro- Scale Level Worldwide
Support Joint Military Operations; Coordinate effort; Promote interaction; and Expand cooperation between:
Other Services
Other Federal Agencies
International Partners

10. Points of Contact Naval Oceanographic Office
Littoral & Riverine Operations
Mr. Bruce Gomes
Coastal Prediction Division
Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP)
Mr. Ken Grembowicz
Marine Optics Division