Addressing Uncertainty in Navy Decision Aids due to Ocean Structure and Variability
Abstract
Abstract (Approved for Public Release)The ocean is a complex environment with structures ranging from kilometer and smaller scales to basin width that evolve on time scales of hours, days, and weeks to seasons and longer. The goals of our proposed study are to: 1) use existing oceanographic data to explore and explain uncertainty in U.S. Navy acoustic decision aids, 2) to work with Naval operators, analysts, and trainers to demonstrate how knowledge of ocean structure and variability improves acoustic prediction and decision making, 3) to assess, with collaboration with the modeling group at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), the realism of Navy models at capturing acoustically significant oceanographic structure and variability, and 4) to work with operators to identify impacts of internal waves and small scale ocean structures on operations and in synergy with the DeCourcy/ Colosi/Baggeroer team to quantitatively assess the impacts of stochastic internal waves and small scale structures on acoustic propagation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 12, 2025
- Source ID
- N000142512196
Entities
People
- Robert A. Weller
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution