Importance of oceanography and its sub-fields for naval operations is illustrated by specific examples; description of new laboratories developed to collect oceanic data such as manned buoy, designed by J.Cousteau, FLIP (floating instrument platform), manned U S Navy seagoing laboratory for ocean studies, SPAR (seagoing platform for acoustic research) vehicle built for Naval Ordnance Laboratory, NOMAD (naval oceanographic meteorological automatic device) buoy, etc; under development is system for predicting phenomena that affect sonar performance in detection of submarines, called ASWEPS (antisubmarine warfare environmental prediction system).
Oceanography and naval warfare
Astronautics Aeronautics
Astronautics and Aeronautics ; 3 , n 7
1965
8 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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