Navy Meteorological and Ocean Sensors-Space(METOC)

Abstract

This program element supports the Navy's requirements in meteorological and oceanographic (METOC) space-based remote sensors. These requirements include commitments to satellite, sensor, and operational demonstration/development activities as well as the transition to fleet applications associated with the joint Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). The Navy METOC Space-Based Sensing Capabilities project provides for Navy participation in Navy/Air Force cooperative efforts leading to DMSP sensor development, and specifically participation in the calibration and validation of instruments and delivery of satellite products to the fleet. The passive microwave instruments carried on the DMSP satellites provide global and atmospheric data of direct operational relevance, including sea surface wind, sea ice, and precipitation.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• Source ID: 0305160N_7_1319_PB_2017
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY 2017 funding request in the amount of $60.009 million for the Navy's Geodetic/geophysical Satellite (GEOSAT) Follow-On 2 (GFO-2) was eliminated. The FY 2017 funding request of $.67 million is realigned to Program Element 0603207N, Project 2342.
• Service Agency Name: Navy

Entities

Organizations

• United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Artificial Satellites
• Calibration
• Contracts
• Costs
• Detectors
• Ice
• Measurement
• Meteorological Satellites
• Microwaves
• Oceans
• Radar Altimeters
• Remote Detectors
• Sea Ice
• Space Based
• Validation

Fields of Study

• Environmental science

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering
• Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
• Atmospheric Science/Meteorology

Technology Areas

• Space
• Space - Satellites