Underwater Range Tracking; Pacific Missile Range Facility. Hawaiian Area and Underwater Range,

Abstract

Located near the northwest coast of Kauai, Hawaii, the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaiian Area and Underwater Range provide the capability of three-dimensional tracking of air, surface and subsurface elements for the evaluation of weapon systems and Fleet tactics. The underwater range portion is located in a 5- by 10-mile area approximately 10 miles offshore in water depths of 400 to 1,000 fathoms. The 37 bottom-mounted tracking hydrophones are cabled to shore for data processing, analysis and display. Accurate tracking depends upon a detailed knowledge of such environmental factors as sound velocity, temperature, salinity, pressure, bottom topography, tides, ocean currents, sea state, wind direction and velocity, air temperature and pressure, and general weather forecasting. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 06, 1970
Accession Number
AD0714839

Entities

People

  • G. A. Nussear
  • P. E. Seelinger

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Data Processing
  • Delphi Method
  • Hydrophones
  • Landforms
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Offshore
  • Physical Properties
  • Salinity
  • Shores
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Wind Direction

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.