OceanMAPS and the Navy

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OceanMAPS and the Navy

• A Brief to the OceanMAPS Workshop

LCDR Bob Woodham RAN Directorate of Oceanography
and Meteorology 26 October 2005
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Scope

• Applications of BLUElink outputs
• ROAM
• Operating cycle
• System architecture and data flows
• Issues

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Applications of BLUElink Outputs

• Acoustic Applications
• Temperature and Salinity gt Sound Speed
• Mixed Layer Depth gt frequencies affected
• Oceanographic features gt fronts, eddies
• Passage Planning
• Surface and subsurface currents
• Tidal streams (ROAM)
• Weather Forecasting
• High resolution
• Outside Australia

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Acoustic Applications

• T, S data ingested into sonar range prediction
  app
• Features used in graphical products

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Passage Planning

• Current data provided graphically

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ROAM

• Ship requests ROAM oceanic data
• FWOC sets up ROAM over requested area
• ROAM runs, monitored by FWOC
• Run completes, FWOC QCs data
• Sends data file(s) to ship
• Uploads graphics to intranet

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ROAM Data Flows
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Issues

• Frequency of OFAM runs daily ?
• Range of ROAM forecast - gt 3 days
• Access to BRAN data for testing
• Approval of system architecture
• Integration with sonar range prediction
  application

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OceanMAPS and the Navy

• A Brief to the OceanMAPS Workshop

LCDR Bob Woodham RAN Directorate of Oceanography
and Meteorology 26 October 2005