In-Situ Hydrographic Support of Naval Amphibious Operations

Abstract

This paper discusses requirements and progress towards providing naval amphibious forces with in-situ oceanographic data collection processing and dissemination. The generation of digital terrain models in real time is discussed, and is shown to be a key requirement for survey automation. The utility of a GIS for tactical decision making with environmental data is presented. The functional requirements of a GIS to support this task are discussed, as well as recent efforts to utilize GIS in oceanographic data collection and analysis. Finally. data telemetry requirements are reviewed, and the results of preliminary attempts to transmit collected bathymetry data to naval vessels are given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA370526

Entities

People

  • Brian S. Bourgeois
  • Mike Harris

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Data Sets
  • Data Transmission
  • Databases
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Image Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Military Operations
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels
  • Remote Sensing
  • Unmanned Maritime Systems

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design