Joint Metoc Handboo - IHMC Ontology and Policy Management

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> NITES is also installed at some Navy METOC shore commands to provide the
link to move METOC information from NITES to the Global Command and
Control System - Maritime (GCCS-M) system. NITES is connected via a
gateway to the ship’s tactical LAN and via ship’s communications to the SHF
tactical IP network for SIPRNET connectivity.
- Mini Rawinsonde System (MRS) is installed in ships and carried by METs.
- Navy ships outfitted with older equipment may use dial-up modems on plain old
telephone system (POTS), to access International Marine Satellite (INMARSAT)
imagery or the Naval Oceanographic Data Dissemination System (NODDS)
- MOSS (Mobile Oceanographic Support System) and the Interim MOSS (IMOSS),
installed on desktop/laptop computers, are used by Mobile Environmental Teams
when deployed at sea and ashore. Generally includes communications software to
connect to INTERNET/SIPRNET. Also contains GFMPL and EOTDA software.
- Expendable Bathythermograph Recorder (XBT) installed in ships and carried by
METs.
- HF radio receivers for fax and/or RATT installed in ships.
- The Navy relies quite heavily on AUTODIN/Defense Messaging System (DMS)
communications. Most ships with a METOC Division use SIPRNET, e-mail, IRC
chat and Joint METOC Viewer (JMV) for data acquisition.
• Software
- Laptop/desktop computers
> Communications software
> JMV. Joint METOC Viewer downloads "thumbnails" that include gridded
METOC data fields, permitting the user to view data fields of choice
> Unclassified Geophysical Fleet Mission Program Library (GFMPL) and Secret
GFMPL (SFMPL)
> Electro-optical decision aid software (Target Acquisition Weather Software
(TAWS))
> HF Prophet
> IREPS/AREPS (Advanced Refractive Environmental Prediction System)
- Commercial web browsers
7.3 Navy METOC Communications and Computers
• Information Systems
- Global Command and Control System - Maritime (GCCS-M) and the Joint
Maritime Communications Strategy (JMCOMS). The Navy, through architectural
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