Accession Number:

ADA183046

Title:

Navy Tactical Applications Guide. Volume 6, Part 1. Tropics Weather Analysis and Forecast Applications.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 13 Sep 85-12 Sep 86,

Corporate Author:

BOHAN (WALTER A) CO PARK RIDGE IL

Personal Author(s):

• Fett,Robert W.
• Bohan,Walter A.

Report Date:

1986-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

234.0

Abstract:

The Navy Tactical Applications Guide NTAG, Volume 6, is devoted to regional weather analysis and forecast applications of meteorological satellite imagery in the tropics. Part 1 deals with operationally significant phenomena and effects in the tropics, excluding tropical cyclones. Part 2, to be published at a later date, will focus on tropical cyclone genesis and evolution in areas around the globe. The volume is organized into four regional areas Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean EASTPAC, Tropical Western Pacific Ocean WESTPAC, and Tropical Indian Ocean. In each section, synoptic-scale phenomena are discussed first, followed by mesoscale phenomena. A number of new analysis techniques, never before published, appear in this volume. The analysis techniques will be useful to Navy meteorologists aboard ships operating in coastal regions or in mid-ocean transit.

Descriptors:

• *WEATHER FORECASTING
• *TROPICAL REGIONS
• *MARINE METEOROLOGY
• *METEOROLOGICAL DATA
• COASTAL REGIONS
• METEOROLOGISTS
• NAVY
• WEATHER
• ATLANTIC OCEAN
• PACIFIC OCEAN
• WEST(DIRECTION)
• MILITARY APPLICATIONS
• NAVAL OPERATIONS
• TACTICAL WARFARE
• IMAGES
• SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY
• INDIAN OCEAN
• METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES
• EAST(DIRECTION)
• GLINT
• FOG
• STORMS

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE