Using Rapid Environmental Assessment to Improve the Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability for Weapons of Mass Destruction

Abstract

The Oceanographer of% the Navy is responsible for the environmental data portion of the "4-D cube". This is a new concept that creates a Virtual Natural Environment that must be capable of rapid environmental updates. This research investigates using in situ atmospheric measurements to improve the performance of the Navy mesoscale model, Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System. These enhanced, operational model forecasts are used to supply atmospheric forcing to a dispersion model, the Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability, and the outcome is evaluated to determine the impact of the additional data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA420461

Entities

People

  • Victor B. Ross Iii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheres
  • California
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Transmission
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Geographic Regions
  • Measurement
  • Military Applications
  • Military Research
  • Navy
  • United States
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Systems Analysis and Design