06 July 2022 NPS Researchers Leave a Lasting Legacy in Climate Analysis and Prediction The analysis of global patterns can help scientists develop predictions about the conditions a specific region might experience in the coming weeks, months or years. One method they do this is by looking for precursor conditions in the ocean and atmosphere that might be indicators of what’s to come...
06 July 2022 Plymouth Native Serves at U.S. Navy at Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command A Plymouth, Minnesota, native joins Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command as a member of the U.S. Navy.U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command directs and oversees more than 2,500 globally distributed military and civilian personnel who collect, process and exploit environmental...
27 June 2022 Into the Storm, Under the Ocean The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) offers many summer internships and programs for midshipmen to take part in each year. One of those internship opportunities is a program called Training and Research in Oceanic and Atmospheric Processes in Tropical Cyclones (TROPIC), an internship program offered to...
21 June 2022 Celebrating World Hydro Day 2022 World "Hydro" Day 2022 marks the 101st anniversary establishing the International Hydrographic Organization, which sets the standard for hydrographic surveying and publication of safety of navigation products, June 21.World Hydro Day celebrations are designed to raise awareness about hydrography and...
17 June 2022 ALTO says Hello USS Tripoli’s Aerographer’s Mates deployed the first of five buoys in the western Pacific Ocean, May 14.The buoy is an Autonomous Lagrangian Thermometric Observer (ALTO), a subsurface device provided by the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) that drifts through the water, surfacing periodically...
13 June 2022 Naval Oceanography’s part in BALTOPS 2022 Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command is participating in the 51st iteration of exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) via the embarked Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) detachments aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and the Blue Ridge-class command and control...
10 June 2022 South Korea and U.S. Navy Strengthen Ties with New Agreement Naval Oceanography hosted representatives from the Republic of Korean Navy (ROKN) for a two-day tour of U.S. Navy (USN) commands at NASA Stennis Space Center, MS and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two navies, June 7-8, 2022. This MOU, a regularly-signed joint agreement,...
10 June 2022 U.S. National Ice Center Confirms A-74 Iceberg Split Near Berkner Island U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) confirmed iceberg A-74 (Fig. 1) split, or calved, into two icebergs—identified as A-74A and A-74B—near Berkner Island in the Weddell Sea, June 7, 2022. A-74A was centered at 76° 55' South and 45° 54' West , measuring 28 nautical miles on its longest axis and 18...
10 June 2022 JTWC Int’l Roadshow Strengthens U.S.-Japanese Alliance Naval Oceanography’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) visited the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) during JTWC’s 2022 International Roadshow, June 10.JTWC’s Director, Mr. Brian Strahl and its Training Department Head, Dr. Owen Shieh executed the visit, offering training to JMA’s...
08 June 2022 Annual Joint Typhoon Warning Center “Road Show” Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) kicked off their annual “Road Show” a two-week outreach tour across U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) and the western Pacific during the climatological lull in global tropical cyclone activity, June 5-21, 2022. During the “Road Show,” JTWC is typically...