Environmental Visualization and Horizontal Fusion
Abstract
The Environmental Visualization (EVIS) project is a collaborative effort among the Naval Research Laboratory, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and the Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington. The EVIS team, a multidisciplinary group of physical scientists, computer scientists, and human factors psychologists, is tailoring the weather and oceanographic information provided to military personnel. The participation of the EVIS team in the Horizontal Fusion (HF) program, (sponsored by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration), has resulted in an innovative capability that provides mission critical environmental effects products via a web service oriented architecture. Personnel of the Multinational Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) are testing this new capability. The EVIS project began in 1997 as an Office of Naval (ONR) sponsored basic research project that focused on the human systems component of the U.S. Navy meteorology and oceanography (METOC) community. Researchers investigated the weather forecasting task and the associated processes such as: gathering the necessary METOC data and information from both numerical forecast models and observations; processing that information; forming a mental model of the weather; and providing an external explanation of the weather or the ocean's effect on a warfighter's mission. Based on this research, an applied project was funded by the ONR Future Naval Capability program to help solve noted problems in the flow of information from the source to the end-user. In 2003, the EVIS project was selected for inclusion in the Horizontal Fusion (HF) program. EVIS was tasked with developing technology to provide mission-critical environmental information to the HF portfolio members and end users within a secure web services architecture.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA495033
Entities
People
- Daniel R. Jones
- David F. Brown
- J. Ballas
- J. Cook
- J. Olsonbaker
- J. Stroup
- K. Kerr
- K. Wauchope
- L. Aker
- Rotonya M. Carr
- T. Tsui
Organizations
- University of Washington