METEOROLOGY / OCEANOGRAPHY

Question 1

SHIPT SORTIE CONDITIONS

Answer 1

sortie is ordered to reduce risk of damage to ships and piers during extreme weather

Charlie - Prepare to sortie within 48 hours

Bravo - Expected sortie within 24 hours

Alpha - Commence sortie to sea

Question 2

METOC on an LHD

Answer 2

1 x Staff METOC Officer (LT / LCDR)

1 x Division Officer (LCDR ship’s company LHD)

1 x SGOT (Strike Group Oceanographic Team Detachment)

• 1 x AGC
• 3 x 7412 Forecasters
• 4 x 0000 Analysts

3 x Marines MEU (Marines Expeditionary Unit) Detachment

Question 3

POES

Answer 3

Polar-orbit Operational Environmental Satellite

Orbit the Earth 14 times daily and provides atmospheric and global weather coverage.

Question 4

TAWS

Answer 4

Target Acquisition Weather Software

• How the atmosphere and terrain affect IR and electro-optical (EO) systems.

Equivalent to AREPS

Question 5

Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC)

Answer 5

Operational head of the METOC community

CTG 80.7

Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

Rear Adm. Okon (Oceanographer/navigator of the navy)

Question 6

NITES

Answer 6

Navy Integrated Tactical Environmental System

forecast database with decision aids for specific platforms

Question 7

HPAC

Answer 7

Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability

• Software that predicts the effects of hazmat released into the atmosphere

Question 8

Fleet Weather Center (FWC)

Answer 8

Provides OTSR’s (Optimum Track Ship Routing) and TDA’s, SGOT, OTSR, WEAX

San Diego, CA / Norfolk, VA

Support Center

Question 9

TCPED

Answer 9

1. TASKING
2. COLLECTION
3. PROCESSING
4. EXPLOITATION AND ANALYSIS
5. DISSEMINATION

Question 10

United States Naval Observatory (USNO)

Answer 10

Master Clock serves as country’s single source for Precise Time and Time Interval (PTT) and (PNT)

Washington D.C.

Question 11

MEDAL

Answer 11

Mine Warfare Environmental Decision Aid Library

• Mine Database that provides best and worst-case scenarios for mining and MCM ops

Question 12

Naval METOC Professional Development Center (NMOPDC)

Answer 12

Conducts training for METOC’s & AG’s in METOC

Gulfport, Mississippi

Question 13

Importance of Satellites and METOC

Answer 13

• EO ( Electrical Optical) imagery - aids in tracking weather patterns
• Radar Imagery - doppler readings and analysis
• IR - readings on temperature and salinity

** shows what is going on right now**

Question 14

Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO)

Answer 14

DoD’s only oceanographic prediction capability

Responsible for everything below water. Surveys world’s oceans

Sends Dets to T-AGS-60 ships (survey ships)

Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

Question 15

TCCOR

Answer 15

Tropical Cyclone Conditions of Readiness

Based on time to onset of destructive winds (sustained 50kts or greater)

COR 5 Hurricane Season

COR4 72 hours

COR 3 48 hours

COR 2 24 hours

COR 1 12 hours

Question 16

GOES

Answer 16

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

provides continuous measurements of the atmosphere and surface

Question 17

Naval Oceanography Operations Command (NOOC)

Answer 17

Operational watchfloor for CNMOC

Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

Question 18

SMQ-11

Answer 18

One way satellite weather receiver. Receives data from GOES or GBS.

Question 19

HWDDC

Answer 19

Hazardous Weather Detection and Display Capability

provides real-time weather onboard US Navy ships. from the SPS-48E radar.

Question 20

METOC DESIGNATOR / RATE / NEC’s

Answer 20

Designators: 1800, 6800

Rate: Aerographer’s Mate (AG, A410)

NEC’s: 7412 (Forecaster), 0000 (Analyst)

Question 21

Enroute Weather Forecast (WEAX)

Answer 21

A tailored weather and sea state forecast along a unit’s Points of Intended Movement (PIM), MODLOC, or OCONUS port. Requested via the ship’s MOVREP.

Disseminated via message traffic or E-mail, the WEAX includes a 24-hour forecast and 48-hour winds/seas outlook.

Question 22

US Fleet Forces Command (USFF)

Answer 22

Echelon II

ADM Davidson, CTF-80, Norfolk

Question 23

OTSR

Answer 23

Optimum Track Ship Routing

• Advisory = conditions approach ship limits. Hazardous weather advisories
• Divert = recommendation to change course/speed because conditions will exceed ship limits. Divert and sortie recommendations

Question 24

AREPS

Answer 24

Advanced Refractive Effects Prediction System

• Computes atmospheric and terrain effects on radars
• Used for radar, comms, esm kits (SLQ-32)

Question 25

Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC)

Answer 25

Responsible for everything above the water.

Modeling and 24x7 Operational Reachback Center

Monterey, CA

Question 26

METOC on CSG

Answer 26

• Staff METOC Officer (O5) [located in N2 or N3]
  
  • CVN METOC Department Head (O-4)
  • Strike Group Oceanography Team (SGOT):Tasked by FWC
    
    • 1 AGC, 3 (7412) Forecasters, 4 (0000) Analysts
  • Naval Oceanographic ASW Team (NOAT):Tasked by NOOC for DESRON ASW (X/Z) support
    
    • 1 Khaki, 1 AGC, and 1 Forecaster
    • From Naval Oceanography ASW Center
  • Mobile Environmental Team (MET) On Independent depoyer
    
    • 1 AG forecaster, 1 AG analyst

Question 27

WEBSAR

Answer 27

Web Enabled Search and Rescue

Prediction tool involving SAR missions

Predicts probability of detecting an object floating in the water

Question 28

PCIMAT

Answer 28

PC INTERACTIVE MULTISENSOR ANALYSIS TRAINING

USW modeling for sonar performance