Joint Metoc Handboo - IHMC Ontology and Policy Management

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reception and analysis system, which can receive data from DMSP as well as civil
polar orbiting and geostationary weather satellites
- Electronic SWO Kit (ESK). A laptop computer loaded with software (e.g., Joint
METOC Viewer) to access METOC dial-in databases and SIPRNET/NIPRNET
(SAFWIN/AFWIN)
- Tactical Wx Radar (TWR). Deployable Doppler and non-Doppler weather radars
for use at fixed sites. Examples include ITWR--Kavouras Doppler; TWR--
Raytheon Doppler; and, Ellison, a highly-transportable non-Doppler radar
- Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) and Tactical VSAT (T-VSAT). Provides
in-garrison or deployed users the ability to receive critical weather information in a
timely manner. AFWA produces or provides a wide range of weather products and
sends them to a teleport facility for upload to the VSAT system. (Products are
from multiple sources, including AFWA, the Navy and other US government
sources (civil and military), commercial vendors, and allied weather agencies, and
are available for subscription or one-time request.)
8.2.2 Software.
Deploying units also require software for remote data access and specialized customer
support.
• AFWIN (Air Force Weather Information Network), SAFWIN (Secure AFWIN).
Provides access to METOC products at AFWA (Offutt AFB) via NIPRNET/SIPRNET
• JMV (Joint METOC Viewer). Runs as a helper application for your web browser
(NIPRNET or SIPRNET). Displays, in graphical format, the output of FNMOC's
numerical meteorological and oceanographic models, as well as real-time, worldwide
observations. JMV allows the user to create weather charts, overlaid images, looping
fields, and briefing images. Available from FNMOC (NIPRNET or SIPRNET sites)
• Electro-optical tactical decision aid software. Target Acquisition Weather Software
(TAWS) and Night Vision Goggle Operations Weather Software (NOWS) help
develop weather impacts to missions employing IR-, TV-, and laser-guided weapons
- TAWS is an EO weather decision aid that provides the operator several types of
performance predictions for mission planning. TAWS computes lock-on and
detection ranges based on pilot, targeteer, and weather forecaster inputs. Pilots
enter the time and mission profile data, targeteers input target information (e.g.,
composition, backgrounds, and dimensions), and the forecaster enters the
atmospheric data
- NOWS is an NVG weather decision aid that provides the operator several types of
performance predictions for mission planning. NOWS computes illumination
levels and detection ranges based on natural (moon and stars) and man-made
illumination sources, as well as weather effects
• Internet software (Netscape Communicator, Microsoft Internet Explorer) to access
other METOC data sources (NOAA, universities, commercial activities, etc.)
• Solar/lunar calculation support programs or websites
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