Accession Number:

ADA374586

Title:

Oceanography and Mine Warfare

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Jul 1998-Mar 2000

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC COMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

2000-03-13

Pagination or Media Count:

110.0

Abstract:

Environmental information is important for successful planning and execution of naval operations. To ensure that naval forces have the most up-to-date capacities, ONR has extensive environmental research program. To increase research community understanding of the operational demands placed on naval operations and to facilitate discover between these two groups, the NRCs Ocean Studies Board, working with ONR, convened fire previous symposiums on tactical oceanography. The sixth and latest symposium in this series was held February 1999 in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Descriptors:

• *OCEANOGRAPHY
• *MINE WARFARE
• SYMPOSIA
• ENVIRONMENTS
• NAVY
• NAVAL OPERATIONS
• OCEANS
• TEXAS
• MILITARY OCEANOGRAPHY

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Undersea and Antisubmarine Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE