All DRP products are available for immediate
processing and transmission from FNMOC via
AUTODIN, NIPRNET/SIPRNET, and facsimile, 24
hours a day. We will explain the use of each DRP
product in the following text.
SEARCH AND RESCUE PRODUCT (SAR)
The Search and Rescue (SAR) product is designed
for open-ocean SAR situations and provides computer-
generated historical (60 hour) and forecast (72 hour)
outputs for probable error of position and search radius.
SAR provides target location maps and search
recommendations. It is available to all SAR
coordinators for operational and training missions.
FNMOC requires the following input from each SAR
request: type of object, time object began to drift,
latitude and longitude where object began to drift, and
the estimated navigational error of the objects position.
Average product turnaround time is less than 30
minutes from time of receipt to time of transmit at
FNMOC.
BATHYTHERMOGRAPH DATA EXTRACT
(BTXT)
The Bathythermograph Data Extract (BTXT)
product provides bathy observations extracted from
FNMOC synoptic data bases. The output consists of an
alphanumeric product in the JJYY format in English or
Metric units as desired.
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA LINES (ENVR)
The Environmental Data Lines (ENVR) product is
a concise alphanumeric product that is used as input to
onboard acoustic prediction systems. It provides a
BT/SVP profile for a specific location, based on
historical data. A BT or SVP observation may be
provided as input by the user. This data is then blended
with historical data to complete the profile from the
surface to the ocean bottom. ENVR also provides the
following information:
Depth required/depth excess (DRX)
Temperature gradient below sonic layer depth
Low frequency/high frequency bottom loss
Significant wave height
Wind speed
Bottom depth
Sonic layer depth
GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL MESSAGE
(GEM)
The General Environmental Message (GEM)
product provides the user with analyzed (synoptic) or
forecast environmental data for specified locations or
grid points (latitude/longitude) within an area. GEM
data includes such products as pressure surface heights,
wind direction and speed, altimeter settings, ditch
headings, wave direction, wave period and height,
freezing level data, and sea surface temperatures.
POINT DATA EXTRACT (PNTDT)
Point Data Extract (PNTDT) provides selected
environmental data extracted from METOC model
fields. Output for various parameters include marine
wind speed, marine wind direction, sea surface
temperature, significant wave height, primary and
secondary wave period, and primary and secondary
wave direction.
REFRACTIVE INFORMATION BY
STATION (RIBS)
The Refractive Information by Station (RIBS)
product provides an analysis of upper air soundings
from requested upper air reporting stations. RIBS
output provides pressure, temperature, dew point
depression, M unit, gradient of M per 1,000 feet, and
height and type of refraction. Users may choose up to
25 stations per request. RIBS data can be input into
JOTS, TESS or IMOSS to extract on-site refractive
products.
SPOUT OUTPUT (SPOUT)
Spout Output (SPOUT) provides surface land,
surface ship, radiosonde, pilot balloon, aircraft, satellite
infrared spectrometer, and/or hourly report
observations extracted from the FNMOC data base in
an easy-to-read format.
Spout observations may be
requested for a specific date and time and/or for a
specific set of hours. Observation reports up to 72 hours
prior to the current Date-Time Group (DTG) can be
obtained.
OCEAN MODEL TEMPERATURE
PROFILES (JJPRO)
The Ocean Model Temperature Profiles (JJPRO)
was developed to provide computer-generated ocean
analysis temperature profiles extracted from global
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