Naval Oceanography Approved for Public Release

Naval Oceanographic Office

CAPT A.J. Reiss, Commanding OfficerMr. Tom Cuff, Technical DirectorCAPT Greg Ireton, Executive Officer

Spring COPC Update27 May 2015

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Agenda

• Overview of NAVOCEANO’s missions

• Structure within Navy

• Value of COPC and its related activities

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NAVOCEANO Mission

To optimize sea power by applying relevant oceanographic knowledge in support of

U.S. National Security

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Core Competencies

SPECOPS

NSW

ISR

JOINT

ASW

MIW

Fleet OPS

CSG

ESG

USMC

HYDROGRAPHY

BATHYMETRY

GEOPHYSICS

ACOUSTICS

PHYSICAL

OCEANOGRAPHY

GEOSPATIAL

SCIENCES

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Physical Battlespace Awareness

“Home Field Advantage at the Away Games”

Battlespace on Demand generates an operational advantage by fully integrating characterization and prediction of the environment to optimize decision making.

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+ Military Survey Ships (T-AGS)

+ Hydrographic Survey Launch (HSL)

+ Maritime Homeland Defense Mine Warfare SWATH Vessels

+ Airborne Coastal Survey (ACS)

+ Fleet Survey Team (FST)

+ Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)

+ Profiling Floats, Buoys & Marine Mammals

+ Environmental Acoustic Recording System (EARS)

+ Naval Platforms (TTS)

+ Satellites

+ National and International Data Exchange Agreements

Collection and Sensing Tools

Persistent & State of the Art

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Ocean Gliders

Weight 60kgHull Dia. 22 cmLength 1.5 mSpeed 31 cm/s

Max Depth 200/1000 mEndurance 4-6 monthsRange 4000 kmEnergy Li-oxyhalide

LBS-Glider Specifications:

Note that temporal variability can increase with depth, down to 1000m, in areas where internal waves are generated (straits, etc).

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Application of Ocean Gliders

Persistent sampling with gliders in the Physical Battlespace leads to...

Predictive Physical Battlespace Awareness for decision superiority in the maritime domain

• Ocean currents – unmanned systems, mine/debris drift models, SAR

• SST – sound velocity profiles, acoustic propagation, beam attenuation

• Fronts and eddies & sonic layer depth – environmental exploitation

• Ocean optics – vertical and horizontal visibility, asset vulnerability

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Other in situ Measurements

Profiling Floats

Profiling Floats

Marine Mammals

Drifter vs. RNCOM

iSPHERE Drifter

Davis Drifter

WOCE Drifter

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5

Global Regional Local

3D full physics, Data assimilating, Forecast models

Global HYCOMGrotonDelft3D

US-East NCOM

Groton NCOM

CurrentsTemperatureSalinityWave HeightObject DriftSound speed

9 km

3.7 km

500 m60 m

Ocean Circulation Modeling

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- 3D Full Physics- Assimilation- Forecasts to 7 days- Nesting / Boundary

Observations Ocean Models Forecasting Global – Regional – Coastal – Port

Oceanographers - Configure models- Interpret forecasts & observations- Evaluate uncertainty- Tailor analysis to Navy mission

US-EastNCOM

Groton NCOM

GrotonDelft3D

9 km 3 km 300 m 10 mSatellite & In situ

Civilian – Military Forecasting Teams

Super Computers – Networks – Servers – Workstations

NAVGEM / COAMPS

HYCOM

Ocean Forecasting System

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National Earth Systems Prediction Capability (ESPC) is the future of NWP and METOC guidance fields

“Bridge” strategy provides a pathway to the future ESPC from the current infrastructure and model suites

CNMOC Modeling Roadmap

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Petascale Data Storage and Mgmt

+ Top Tier of Nation’s secure and scalable data management and archival facilities

Cutting-edge Networking Connectivity

+ Stennis designated DISA C2 Mega-site

+ Resilient, multi-GB connectivity via Defense Research & Engineering Network (DREN) to all major nationwide gov’t, industrial, and academic networks

DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC)

+ Among the top supercomputing centers in the world

 + Peak computing capability of 777 Teraflops

High Performance Computing

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Agenda

• Overview of NAVOCEANO’s missions

• Structure within Navy

• Value of COPC and its related activities

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Naval Oceanographic Office(NAVOCEANO)

Stennis Space Center, MS

Fleet Numerical Meteorology And Oceanography Center

(FNMOC)Monterey, CA

Naval Oceanography Operations Command

(NOOC)Stennis Space Center, MS

U.S. Naval Observatory(USNO)

Washington, DC

Naval Meteorology And Oceanography Professional

Development Center (NMOPDC)Gulfport, MS

Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command

(CNMOC) Stennis Space Center, MS

Chief of Naval Operations(CNO)

Washington, DC

Commander, Fleet Forces Command(USFF)

Norfolk, VA

Fleet Alignment

Naval Ice Center (NIC)Suitland, MD

Fleet Survey Team (FST)

SSC, MS

Naval Information Dominance Forces, Type Commander (NAVIDFOR) Suffolk, VA

Man, Train, EquipReadiness

Ops

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Tri-Agency (Navy, NOAA, USCG) Partnership

• Navy-led organization with ~40 military and civilian personnel located in Suitland, MD

• World’s only center that provides operational global, regional and tactical scale sea ice and iceberg analyses and forecasts

• International collaboration with ice services of the world

NIC ProductsSPecial ARctic Oceanographic Synopsis (SPAROS)Ice characterization (a.k.a “Egg Charts”)RADARSAT & OLS Annotated ImageryWorld’s only Antarctic iceberg databaseSupporting: SUBFOR, ONI, USCG, NOAA, NWS, NSF, MSC, and NASA

National / Naval Ice Center

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Agenda

• Overview of NAVOCEANO’s missions

• Structure within Navy

• Value of COPC and its related activities

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In-situ Data Inputs & Impacts

Data Providers Data Type

TOC CTDs, Gliders, Profiling Floats, XBTs,

Marine Mammals,Moored Buoys, Fixed Stations, Ship Reports,Drifting Buoys

AFWA (DoD OTN) CTDs, Gliders, Profiling Floats, XBTs,

Marine Mammals,Moored Buoys, Fixed Stations, Ship Reports,Drifting Buoys

FNMOC CTDs, XBTs, Ship

Reports, Drifting Buoys,Moored Buoys,Fixed Stations

NAVO CTDs, Gliders, XBTs,Profiling Floats, ShipReports, Drifting Buoys

CLS America/ARGOS

Academia

Products

BUFR

Character Code

COPC OPCs

FNMOC

Numerical Weather Prediction

NWS/NCWCP

Numerical Weather Prediction

NAVOCEANO

Ocean Forecast Capability

NAVO Specific Profiling Floatsand Drifters

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Satellite Data Inputs & Impacts

Satellite Inputs

Data Providers Data TypeNOAA/NESDIS MetOp (A&B), (COPC OTN) N-18, N-19,

MTSAT SSTJason- 2, Cryosat-2

JPL/IFREMER GHRSST MSG SST

Windsat SSTFMQ-17(NAVO) GOES E&W

AFWA (DoD OTN) S-NPP

CNES ALTIKA

NASA MODIS AQUAAquarius

SeaSpace COMS-1 MI

KORDI COMS-1 GOCIFNMOC (DoD OTN) SSM/I, SSM/IS EDRJAXA AMSR2

ProductsSST

IR Imagery

Ocean Feature Analysis

Annotated AVHRR/VIIRS

Altimetry

SSHA/SWH/WS

Ocean Optics

Visibility & Attenuation

Visible Imagery

Ice Characterization

Sea Surface Salinity

~ 64 million obs/day

~ 450K obs/day

~ 11 million obs/day

COPC OPCs

FNMOC

Numerical Weather Prediction

NWS/NCWCP

Numerical Weather Prediction

NESDIS/OSPO

Ocean Heat Content

NAVOCEANO

Ocean Forecast Capability

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Summary

• COPC partnerships enable:–Access to full range of satellite

data

–Access to observational data

–Sharing of model data

–Coordination of standards

–Networks to efficiently and safely move METOC information among the partners

• Impact: Naval forces get the world’s best environmental data, relevant and timely, to support operations around the globe

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