What is POES?
Polar operational environmental satellite
What is GOES?
Geostationary operational environmental satellite
What are the 3 factors that impact underwater sound speed?
- temperature
- pressure
- salinity
Describe COR-5
Destructive winds are expected within 96 hours
Where is FNMOC located?
Monterey, California
What propaganda path will give you the farthest radar ranges?
Trapping
What propaganda path will give you the shortest radar ranges?
Sub-fraction
What is TAWS?
Target acquisition weapon software
What does TAWS provide?
- FLIR
- Laser
- IR Targeting
- NBG
- EO-TV
What is TDA?
Tactical decision aid
Give an example of TDA?
Hint ATG PW
- AREPS
- TAWS
- WEBSAR
- GFMPL
- PC-IMAT
Which of the three has the greatest impact on the underwater sound speed?
Temperature
When is WEBSAR required to be utilized on board the ship
Man overboard
Where are the 2 Fleet Weather Centers located?
- Norfolk
- San Diego
What is JTWC?
Joint typhoon warning center
Where is JTWC located?
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
What is JTWC responsible for?
Issuing tropical cyclone warnings for the Pacific and Indian Ocean
Explain thunderstorm condition 1
Imminent or within 1 hour/within 10 nautical miles
Explain thunderstorm condition 2
Expect it within 6 hours/25 nautical miles
What weather satellites does the SMQ – 11 collect data from?
- DMSP
- GFO
- TIROS
- TIROS-N
- NOAA
- SeaWIFS
What is FST?
Fleet survey team
What is bioluminescence?
Production and emission of light by a living organism
HWDDC
What does it stand for?
Explain it.
- hazardous weather detection and display capability
- ships weather Doppler radar
- takes info from the SPS-48
- detects precipitation
NITES
What does it stand for?
Explain it.
- Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System
- laptops used in METOC, connected to the SIPR network
- contains all of our TDAs
