Validation Test Report for the Automated Optical Processing System (AOPS) Version 4.12

Abstract

Work performed under the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) Preparing Tactical Ocean Optical Products from Future Polar-Orbiting Sensors project enables exploitation of the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and similar ocean color sensors to provide the Navy with ocean color products to support operations. Work completed was in response to the Navys need to exploitall available remote sensing technologies as part of a larger effort to provide a continuous operational picture of environmental conditions of the battlespace. Automated Optical Processing System (AOPS) version 4.12 provides tools and algorithms to process data from environmental remote sensing satellites and enables rapid near-real-time dissemination of final products. This Validation Test Report (VTR) provides thetechnical basis to transition the AOPS v4.12 to the NP3 Ocean Optics branch of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO). AOPS is the software that allows NAVOCEANO to determine operational capability under various ocean optical conditions from satellite imagery. AOPS is used by NAVOCEANO to support fleet operators engaged in Naval Special Warfare (NSW), Mine Warfare (MIW), Expeditionary Warfare (EXW), and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW). Additionally, ocean color products are used in real time to support analysis of ocean models by oceanographers on the NAVOCEANO watch floor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 03, 2015
Accession Number
AD1000466

Entities

People

  • Adam Lawson
  • Jennifer Bowers
  • Paul M. Martinolich
  • Richard Crout
  • Robert A. Arnone
  • Ryan Vandermeulen
  • Sherwin D. Ladner

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Calibration
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Digital Data
  • Digital Information
  • Measurement
  • Metadata
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Operating Systems
  • Optical Properties
  • Remote Sensing
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Shell Scripts
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Validation
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Space