Naval Oceanography

  Fleet Numerical

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Overview The Navy’s Operational Supercomputing Center – provides supercomputing excellence for Fleet safety and decision superiority Supports 24x7 theater operations with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) only global Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) capability Operates the nation’s only global NWP model protected from cyber terrorism and cyber warfare attack to Department of Defense (DoD) Information Assurance standards Possesses world-class expertise in meteorology, oceanography, climatology, computer science and military operations   Operational Capabilities Hosts 24x7 watch to provide tailored products and data in support of mission planning and execution at all classification levels up to top secret/sensitive compartmented information Provides computerized weather and ocean prediction products, tactically enhanced weather satellite imagery, and related tactical decision aids and data on Navy computer systems Provides the Navy’s only supercomputer and high-performance data distribution system dedicated to operations, the Primary Oceanographic Prediction System. Provides mission-specific weather forecasts to US and Allied submarines in support of global operations   World-class Modeling World-class weather and ocean models: ·  Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System ·  Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System ·  Navy Atmospheric Variational Data Assimilation System ·  Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System ·  Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Navy hurricane model ·  Wave Watch 3 Ocean Wave Model ·  Navy Coupled Ocean Data Assimilation System ·  Ensemble Forecast System Scheduled and on-demand products specific to Fleet and Joint operations Zero- to 240-hour forecasts of atmospheric and oceanographic conditions Strategic climatological products tailored for long-range mission planning Worldwide meteorological and oceanographic data assimilation (assimilating ~6 million observations daily) Atmospheric forcing to drive all Navy ocean and acoustic models  Command Relationships Echelon IV command under Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (COMNAVMETOCCOM), a service provider of U.S. Fleet Forces Command Collocated and closely partnered with the Marine Meteorology Division of the Naval Research Laboratory, a model for successful transition of research into operations Benefits from association with the Naval Postgraduate School, particularly in the areas of meteorology, oceanography, information technology and operations research Partnered with the Naval Oceanographic Office for ocean modeling support and collaboration Partnered with National Weather Service and Air Force for backup and collaboration