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Nowcast for the Next Generation Navy: an on-scene data fusion and display system
Jennifer L.S. Strahl, SAIC, Monterey, CA; and J. Cook, J. McCarthy, L. Phegley, T. Tsui, Q. Zhao, G. Love, F. Franco, M. Frost, D. Grant, R. Mantri, and D. Martinez
The Marine Meteorology Division of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is currently developing an automated on-scene system to deliver high-resolution meteorological information to the fleet's operational forecasters, war fighters, and decision-makers. This system is an operational extension of existing and evolving research efforts in real-time data fusion and data assimilation. The state-of-the-art for the assessment of battlespace environmental conditions is advancing from an infrequent, single-station perspective to a 4-D awareness by continuous fusion of multi-source observations and on-scene short-term mesoscale model predictions. Meteorological information in the 0-2h ("nowcast") timeframe is critical to tactical decision-making within the battlegroup, and until now, observations and real-time mesoscale forecasts have not been effectively bridged for Naval interests. NOWCAST for the Next Generation Navy, together with he NRL Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPSTM) - On-Scene (COAMPS-OSTM) at theater centers and shipboard, compose the on-scene, tactical-scale tier of NRL's telescoping strategy for mission success.
NOWCAST for the Next Generation Navy is an enterprise-class, network-centric data fusion system that will allow the forward-deployed battlegroup to automatically and continuously blend meteorological data from available sources to characterize the battlespace virtual natural environment. NOWCAST continuously transmits updated products directly to end-users and allows grouping and tailoring of the products to specific war-fighting and decision-making requirements, thus providing a capability for common environmental situational awareness.
Recent progress for NOWCAST will be presented, along with a live demonstration of the system.
Supplementary URL: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/Apps/nowcast
Poster Session 1, Poster Session
Tuesday, 11 February 2003, 9:45 AM-11:00 AM
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