1. SUBPAC METOC TRAINING, SUPPORT, AND NAVO STORM PRODUCTION CDR Jim Hart COMSUBPAC Force Oceanographer

2. OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY TRAINING UNCLASSIFIED Submarine School SONAR formal schools Submarine Officer Basic Course Submarine Officer Advanced Course On board OJT Attack Centers IMAT modules STORM’s Submarine Training Center Operational Oceanography Course (2 days) IMAT on request (1 day)

3. The mission of NAVMETOCCOM is to provide Navy, Marine Corps and Department of Defense forces relevant and integrated full-spectrum weather, ocean, charting, precise time, and astrometric knowledge to minimize risk and optimize operational success anytime, anywhere MISSION UNCLASSIFIED

4. METOC ASHORE SUBPAC support CSP Oceanographer CTF74 Oceanographer NPMOD Bangor

5. My #1 concern is getting reliable and useful METOC information to deployed submarines Obstructions/Limitations Communications Classification Multiple software products Training UNCLASSIFIED

6. SUBMARINE SUPPORT UNCLASSIFIED Grey: existing support 10/00 Black: initiated after 10/00

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9. Satellite Data * altimetry * temperature Basin /Regional Ocean Analyses and Forecasts Regional METOC Centers On Scene Analyses In Situ Measurements: Temperature, Salinity Raw Data Flow Local Analyses FTP Messages MODAS Support UNCLASSIFIED

10. Climatological Temp AXBT Survey SSH + SST + Clim MODAS results MODAS results Cold core eddy revealed by altimetry MODAS Synthetic Profiles Extending Remote Sensed Measurements to Depth UNCLASSIFIED

11. MODAS Support Balance between message length and resolution One section messages Usually 0.2 degree resolution (.1 degree max) testing new compaction routines (wavelet) Submarine MODAS will allow the user to: Ingest thread data from CTD Interpolate local BT’s into the database UNCLASSIFIED

12. BCST MODAS Support UNCLASSIFIED

13. INDIRECT SUPPORT UNCLASSIFIED Various Working Groups and IPT’s Submarine Tactical Oceanography Review Group (STORG) Submarine Tactical Environmental Display System (STEDS) MODAS Lite/SubMODAS STED/SubCTD BQN-17 Acoustic Sediment Classification System (ASCS) PUMA ALS SVP N87 Precision Environmental Requirements Study MODAS Steering Group STORM Working Group ONR ‘Capturing Uncertainty in the Common Tactical Environmental Picture’ DRI PUMA-TEDS Integration Product Team Overlaps Tactical Control Development Working Group (TCDWG) Sensor Optimization Working Group (SOWG) Stealth Management Working Group (SMWG) Tactical Environmental Data Server (TEDS)

14. SEDIMENT PROPS. Density, Grain, Size Strength, Etc. Analog SVDigital Temp, Salinity, SV STED Plug & Play Replacement for BQH-1 SubMODAS Determine bottom composition and structure through bottom sounder echoes PUMA Continuous onboard oceanographic data fusion BQN-17/ASCP Precision bottom mapping and map merger through HF Sonar ALS SVP Determine SVP ahead of ship through HF Sonar echo returns UNCLASSIFIED

15. 20 Sep DEVRON12: CTD (STED) reader IMAT wavelet ingest Submarine MODAS Alexandria Field Test ‘Architecture’ Linux (Slackware 7.1) LS-120 disk drive OAML MODAS-Lite 2.1 EOF based assimilation module Full MODAS2 development s/w STED “CTD” profiles Other CTD profiles Thread data MODAS2 first guess in EOF or (preferably) wavelet message format MODAS field in various formats EOF / WAVELET JJYY / Byte netCDF / others... INPUTSMODAS LAPTOP OUTPUTS Sneaker net (floppy, LS120) Serial Line for real-time? Sneaker net (floppy, LS120) PC-IMAT 4.1 Beta (Wavelet-enabled) UNCLASSIFIED

16. Summer 2000 Example: MODAS-Lite 2.1 using only vertical excursion data Three vertical excursions were converted to standard profile format and assimilated using OAML MODAS- Lite 2.1, using the MODAS-Heavy 2.1 first guess field (which used remote sensed SST and altimetry but no in situ profile; that is, the field that would be sent from NAVO or a Center via wavelet message). Horizontal Section at 200 m 340x330 km region Vertical Section to 500 m    Sub MODAS: STED Real World Example,Vertical Excursions Only UNCLASSIFIED

17. Present EOF methodNew Wavelet method Temperature at Surface (true and reconstructed) Error in reconstructed surface Temperature GRIDDED-FIELD COMPRESSION WAVAL: Wavelet Compression Around Land-Masses UNCLASSIFIED

18. Submarine Tactical Oceanographic Reference Manual Purpose - ASW/USW Mission Planning Content - Oceanographic/Meteorological/Acoustic Data Distribution - Before 1998 - Submarine community Since 1998 - Expanded distribution to the fleet (i.e., surface ships, fleet training centers, and patrol squadrons) Current Product Format - Digital, Stand-alone (all data accessed from CD) UNCLASSIFIED (STORM)

19. STORM Publications (Hardcopy)* No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Product Barents and Kara Seas Sea of Okhotsk WESTLANT Norwegian/Greenland Seas Strait of Juan de Fuca Sea of Japan Mediterranean Sea Bering Sea * These STORMs have been converted to HTML and are distributed on CD-ROM (a browser is required to view). UNCLASSIFIED

21. SUBMARINE TACTICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC REFERENCE MANUAL (STORM) NORTH INDIAN OCEAN, RED SEA, AND ARABIAN GULF (U) UNCLASSIFIED SP 279-9, Version 2.0 April 1998

22. SUBMARINE TACTICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC REFERENCE MANUAL (STORM) YELLOW SEA, EAST CHINA SEA, SOUTH CHINA SEA, AND PHILIPPINE SEA (U) UNCLASSIFIED SP 279-10, Version 1.0 December 1998

23. SUBMARINE TACTICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC REFERENCE MANUAL (STORM) CARIBBEAN SEA AND EQUATORIAL PACIFIC REGION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA (U) UNCLASSIFIED SP 279-11, Version 1.0 June 1999

24. UNCLASSIFIED SUBMARINE TACTICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC REFERENCE MANUAL (STORM) NORTHEAST ATLANTIC OCEAN (U) SP 279-12, Version 1.0 May 2000

25. Current Digital STORM Viewer UNCLASSIFIED Interactive, PC-based Windows Application 32-bit Operating Systems (Win NT/95/98) Written in-house with Microsoft Visual C++ Menu-Driven Help and Analysis Text Provided No Setup/No Training Required No User-license Fees; No Proprietary Code

26. Current Digital STORM Viewer FEATURES DATA Displays meteorology, oceanography, and acoustic data Displays high-resolution data Displays multiple-resolution data Displays data as point, gridded, x-y plot, vector, text, or images Displays Profile/Vertical/Horizontal views of temperature, salinity, and sound speed data (GDEMV and MODAS) Provides point/click query On-screen security classification tracking (highest displayed) Displays data in Mercator projection DATA FORMATS Binary ASCII Plain images (gif only) Byte-encoded (MODAS only) MAP Displays landmask Displays latitude/longitude grid Provides cursor tracking (in latitude/longitude - not pixels) UNCLASSIFIED

27. Current Digital STORM Viewer Features (Continued) OPTIONS Color scaling Copy to Clipboard Customized Data Units (Metric and English) Export Text Data (ASCII) User-defined Axis Scaling for XY-plots Scale Figure of Merit (FOM) Legend (on/off) Toolbar Solar/Lunar Calculations Print capability UNCLASSIFIED

28. ZOOM Zoom-in/Zoom-out Restore (to original map) Select Area (user-input latitude/longitude coordinates) OVERLAYS Bathymetry Contours (labeling/custom units/set contour interval) User-defined Labeling Cities/Geographic Features/Physiographic Features Overlay HELP Context-sensitive Help Text (for product features; toolbar access) Context-sensitive Analysis Text (for data; toolbar access) Current Digital STORM Viewer Features (Continued) UNCLASSIFIED

29. DBDB-V Bathymetry UNCLASSIFIED 2-Minute Resolution5-Minute Resolution

30. GDEM-V Sound Speed

31. GDEM-V Temperature

32. GDEM-V Salinity

33. New JAVA Viewer Provides Platform Independence (e.g., PCs, UNIX, HP-UNIX, LINUX); (Currently PC Platforms) Currently Designed for Stand-Alone Access; Potential for Network and SIPRNET Access Displays Static and Dynamic, Near-real-time Data Sets (e.g., STORM data sets and REACT data sets) Potential capability to link to other JAVA applications like MEDAL, NRL’s JAVA Digital Nautical Chart (DNC), and Additional Military Layer (AML) applications No User-license Fees; No Proprietary Code UNCLASSIFIED

34. New JAVA Viewer FEATURES DATA Displays Meteorology, Oceanography, and Acoustic data Displays High-resolution Data Displays Multiple-resolution Data Displays data as Point, Gridded, X-Y Plot, Vector, Text, or Images Displays GDEMV/MODAS data in Profile/Vertical/Horizontal views Provides Tree-Structure Table of Contents (for easy data selection) Provides Point/Click Query and Query similar to ArcExplorer On-screen Security Classification Tracking (highest displayed) Displays data as Projected and Geo-referenced DATA FORMATS Binary ASCII ARC Shapefiles and Project files Plain and Geo-referenced Images (gif, jpg) Byte-encoded (MODAS only) VPF data (currently World Vector Shoreline (WVS)) MAP Displays Landmask Displays Latitude/Longitude Grid Provides Cursor Tracking (in latitude/longitude - not pixels) UNCLASSIFIED

35. New JAVA Viewer Features (Continued) OPTIONS Color Scaling Customized Data Units (Metric and English) Customized Coordinate Units (Decimal degrees, Deg/Min/Sec) Export Text Data (ASCII) User-defined Axis Scaling for XY-plots Scale FOM Legend (on/off) Toolbar Map projections (Mercator/Azmuthal Equal Area/Cylindrical Equidistant) Print ZOOM Zoom-in/Zoom-out Pan (left, right, up, down) Restore (to original map) Select Area (user-input latitude/longitude coordinates) UNCLASSIFIED

36. (Continued) OVERLAYS Bathymetry Contours (with labeling/custom units/set contour interval) User-defined Labeling Cities/Geographic Features/Physiographic Features TOOLS Animation/Brief Creator (e.g., import to PowerPoint) Build Query (for Layer data) Measure Tool (for distance in various units) Remove Popups Solar/Lunar Calculation Move Layer (Up one, down one, to top, to bottom) Remove All Layers Properties (for Layer data - edit color, class breaks, symbol, etc.) HELP Context-sensitive Help Text (for product features; toolbar and tab access) Context-sensitive Analysis Text (for data; toolbar and tab access) New JAVA Viewer Features UNCLASSIFIED

37. NEW JAVA VIEWER

38. UNCLASSIFIED NEW JAVA VIEWER STORM SSP Profile REACT Layers Identify Active Layer Properties Query/Move Layers Remove Layers

39. CDR Jim Hart COMSUBPAC N73 Force Oceanographer (808) 473-5652 DSN (315) 473-5652 hartjb@csp.navy.mil n73@hq.csp.navy.smil.mil QUESTIONS?