Joint Metoc Handboo - IHMC Ontology and Policy Management

B-JOPES Formats
a. Considerations Affecting the Possible Courses of Action.
(1) Characteristics of the Area of Operations.
(a) Military Geography.
1. Topography.
2. Hydrography. Include the characteristics of offshore sea areas,
approaches to the beaches, currents, tides, the beaches themselves, ports,
docks, and similar maritime considerations.
3. Climate and Weather. Extremes of temperature, wind velocities, cloud
cover, visibility, precipitation, and other such factors that can affect
military operations. Sunrise, sunset, and twilight data are normally given
in this subparagraph.
Note: METOC and Intelligence personnel produce this information.
B.1.2 OPLAN/OPORD/CONPLAN Formats.
B.1.2.1 Basic Plan/CINC’s Strategic Concept.
Paragraph 4. Administration and Logistics, subparagraph f, Meteorological and
Oceanographic Operations. In preparing the Basic Plan, refer to Annex H. Ensure that
when Annex H is published, it is included in the list of Annexes at the end of the Basic
Plan.
Refer to Annex H when included in the OPORD. For an OPLAN/CONPLAN that may not
include an Annex H, a more descriptive paragraph should be included.
B.1.2.2 Annex B, Intelligence.
1. Situation.
a. Characteristics of the Area.
b. Hydrographic, Amphibious, Topographic, and Weather.
(1) Summarize the hydrographic data (sound, tides, wave height, and currents) and
amphibious considerations (beach defenses and obstacles, slope, consistency, and
routes of ingress and egress) needed to support amphibious and logistics over-theshore
operations (LOTS). References Annex H and M.
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