Real-Time Thermal Risk Assessment for the Dismounted Soldier

Abstract

This report discusses a real-time thermal risk assessment system for the dismounted soldier. This system has been jointly developed by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the U.S. Army Research Institute for Environmental Medicine. It is capable of providing work-to-rest ratios, water consumption requirements, and cold survival times that can be used to help prevent soldiers from becoming hyperthermic or hypothermic. The information can be generated over a region the size of a battlefield. The system is comprised of three primary software modules. One module generates high-resolution gridded weather data from any point measurement data available in the region of interest. The other two modules calculate the heat strain and cold survivability parameters. They require the gridded weather data and the data related to the soldier's physical condition, clothing, and activity levels as input. The system is currently undergoing operational test and evaluation at Camp James E. Rudder on Elgin Air Force Base, FL.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA330443

Entities

People

  • Gary Mcwilliams

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Body Temperature
  • C Programming Language
  • Climate Change
  • Cloud Cover
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Graphical User Interface
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Operating Systems
  • Risk Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training Management

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation