Joint Metoc Handboo - IHMC Ontology and Policy Management
Joint Metoc Handboo - IHMC Ontology and Policy Management
Joint Metoc Handboo - IHMC Ontology and Policy Management
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supporting MFC via available secure means. IMETS also provides connectivity with<br />
Army C2 systems.<br />
9.4.2 Army METOC Data Products.<br />
9.4.2.1 Army METOC Centralized Products.<br />
• Army METOC organizations produce no "centralized" products. They receive<br />
strategic weather products from AFWA, AFCCC, or FNMOC<br />
9.4.2.2 Army METOC Theater Products.<br />
• METOC theater products are produced by the supporting OWS. METOC theater<br />
products typically include graphical products, such as horizontal weather depictions<br />
<strong>and</strong> military weather advisories. These products are produced on a daily basis. Other<br />
special METOC theater products needed from an OWS must be well coordinated as<br />
part of the typical exercise or crisis planning functions.<br />
• Army units such as I Corps, III Corps, or XVIII ABN Corps may be tasked to form the<br />
core of a <strong>Joint</strong> Task Force. Under this scenario, units such as the 1 st Weather Squadron<br />
(1 WS), 3 rd WS, or 18 WS would likely be tasked to form the JTF Weather Cell <strong>and</strong> be<br />
required to establish requirements for, or produce <strong>and</strong>/or disseminate, JTF-level<br />
weather products to lower echelons in-theater <strong>and</strong> back to the supporting OWS or Navy<br />
METOC Center. In many cases, the supporting OWS or Navy METOC Center will<br />
issue the <strong>Joint</strong> Operational Area Forecast (JOAF), with portions of the JOAF designed<br />
to support Army operations.<br />
• Army Tactical Operational Area Forecast (TOAF). The TOAF serves as the<br />
foundation for operational support to Army customers; it may be a subset of the JOAF,<br />
tailored to fit Army operations. The TOAF is written to address specific regions of<br />
operations, such as "Area A" for V Corps <strong>and</strong> "Area B" for III Corps. Staff Weather<br />
Officers (SWOs) at their field locations tailor the TOAF to their supported customers'<br />
operational thresholds.<br />
9.4.2.2.1 Army CWT Products.<br />
• Army CWTs produce customer-oriented, mission execution forecasts <strong>and</strong> briefings<br />
used directly by their customer. These can include but are not limited to drop zone<br />
forecasts, aircrew briefings, METOC impacts to operations briefings, <strong>and</strong> chemical<br />
downwind messages (CDMs).<br />
- CDMs are usually produced by the CWT in coordination with their Army unit’s<br />
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) section. AFWA provides the atmospheric<br />
data necessary to run dispersion models within the CONUS <strong>and</strong> OWSs for<br />
OCONUS locations. The CWT receives the data via T-VSAT, SIPRNET,<br />
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