Distributed Atmospheric Mesoscale Prediction System (DAMPS)

The Distributed Atmospheric Mesoscale Prediction System consists of a suite of hardware and software components that provide the capability to set up and run the Navy COAMPS mesoscale model at a local site. Based on the TAMS/RT system developed by the Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey California, DAMPS is fielded and supported by the Fleet Numerical Meteorological and Oceanography Center (FNMOC). DAMPS provides a capability for any site to define an area of interest, run the COAMPS mesoscale model, and tailor the output to satisfy local requirements.

DAMPS hardware includes a SUN E250 that maintains the Navy TEDS data server, a SGI Origin 2000 as the COAMPS host and an SGI O2 that hosts the GUI and also is the WEB server for model output graphics.

FNMOC provides initialiation global grid field data, observational data and satellite remote sensed data to the TEDS data server via the METCAST automatic data distribution system.

Model output forecasts can be distributed in graphical depiction via WEB pages or in grid field format for processing and display in a viewer such as the Joint METOC Viewer (JMV) or exported to a tactical decision aid for further processing.