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From page 1... ... Navy (fleet operators, meteorologists, and oceanographers) and scientists, technologists, and managers from naval warfare centers and defense programs to discuss means to: � address timely operational problems, fleet mission needs, and other areas in which METOC research and development solutions need to be developed; � enhance communication and interchange among the basic and applied research communities, as well as with naval forces engaged in strike warfare and ship self-defense; and � enable an extended group of researchers to become familiar with challenging naval issues that are uniquely or strongly applicable to the strike warfare and ship self-defense METOC regime. Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... The Environmental Models Working Group also strongly advocated the reporting of confidence levels for near- and long-term modeling results. Other specific points raised by members of the Environmental Models Working Group during the symposium include: � the need to run models onboard ships at sea, due to limitations on communications speeds; � the need for models to better account for small-scale processes affecting coastal atmospheric conditions; � the need for more rapid assimilation of observational data; � the advantages and disadvantages of ensemble forecasting techniques; � the value oftoggle-switched modeling techniques; Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... integration and data dissemination; � the relative merits of in-situ versus remotely sensed data and data collection strategies; the overall need for improved environmental observations; and � the need to improve upon the Navy's present ability to forecast atmospheric conditions (e.g., cloud formations) that may limit the fleets ability to detect a threat or conduct successful strike operations. Read the entire page →
From page 4... ... The working group also called for acceleration of the development of shipboard atmospheric modeling capabilities and the integration of accurate METOC data into fire control systems. Other specific points raised by members of the Sensor and Weapons Systems Working Group during the symposium include: � the limitations on relevant TOG technology transfer to and from the civilian sector, arising from inherent differences in military and civilian applications; � the need for increased proficiency at observing and predicting environmental conditions, with particular emphasis on 3 zones: 100 km from shore, 100 km inland, and within a radius of 100 km around the ship; � the need to continue to explore new mechanisms for collecting relevant environmental data (e.g., ship-mounted sensor arrays, ground-base sensor systems, sensors dropped from tactical aircraft) Read the entire page →

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... Navy (fleet operators, meteorologists, and oceanographers) and scientists, technologists, and managers from naval warfare centers and defense programs to discuss means to: � address timely operational problems, fleet mission needs, and other areas in which METOC research and development solutions need to be developed; � enhance communication and interchange among the basic and applied research communities, as well as with naval forces engaged in strike warfare and ship self-defense; and � enable an extended group of researchers to become familiar with challenging naval issues that are uniquely or strongly applicable to the strike warfare and ship self-defense METOC regime.

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... The Environmental Models Working Group also strongly advocated the reporting of confidence levels for near- and long-term modeling results. Other specific points raised by members of the Environmental Models Working Group during the symposium include: � the need to run models onboard ships at sea, due to limitations on communications speeds; � the need for models to better account for small-scale processes affecting coastal atmospheric conditions; � the need for more rapid assimilation of observational data; � the advantages and disadvantages of ensemble forecasting techniques; � the value oftoggle-switched modeling techniques;

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... integration and data dissemination; � the relative merits of in-situ versus remotely sensed data and data collection strategies; the overall need for improved environmental observations; and � the need to improve upon the Navy's present ability to forecast atmospheric conditions (e.g., cloud formations) that may limit the fleets ability to detect a threat or conduct successful strike operations.

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... The working group also called for acceleration of the development of shipboard atmospheric modeling capabilities and the integration of accurate METOC data into fire control systems. Other specific points raised by members of the Sensor and Weapons Systems Working Group during the symposium include: � the limitations on relevant TOG technology transfer to and from the civilian sector, arising from inherent differences in military and civilian applications; � the need for increased proficiency at observing and predicting environmental conditions, with particular emphasis on 3 zones: 100 km from shore, 100 km inland, and within a radius of 100 km around the ship; � the need to continue to explore new mechanisms for collecting relevant environmental data (e.g., ship-mounted sensor arrays, ground-base sensor systems, sensors dropped from tactical aircraft)

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