The Assignment of Wind Direction for Operational Assimilation of SSM/I Wind Speed Data

Abstract

Providing environmental support for Navy operations requires special attention to the marine boundary layer. Accurate meteorological nowcasts and forecasts play a key role in weapons system support, aircraft operations, and optimum-track ship routing. Furthermore, surface wind stresses and heat fluxes from the atmospheric model are used to drive ocean thermodynamic and hydrodynamic models (Clancy, 1987). Through these coupled air/ocean systems, the atmosphere indirectly plays a role in search and rescue missions and submarine operations. Nowcasts, Forecasts, Ocean thermodynamic and hydrographic models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 10, 1992
Accession Number
ADA266044

Entities

People

  • James S. Goerss
  • Patricia A. Phoebus

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Assimilation
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Errors
  • Heat Flux
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Search And Rescue
  • Wind Direction
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.