| | Navy Integrated Environmental Support Subsystem (NITES 2000) |
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| | Primary Purpose | The Navy is currently the nation's only military |
| | service that operates a distributed model in |
| | support of tactical weather prediction. Each |
| | NITES is a set of meteorology and oceanography |
| | forecast, database, and decision aid tools |
| | tailored for specific platforms and uses, Five |
| | variants exist to support a variety of operators |
| | and platforms. NITES I, NITES II, NITES III, |
| | NITES IV, NITES V, and TESS. Tactical |
| | Environmental Support System A DoD Acquisition |
| | System Category IV-T program Refers collectively |
| | to all five variants of Naval integrated Tactical |
| | Environment Subsystems (NITES). The Distributed |
| | Atmospheric Modeling Prediction System (DAMPS) |
| | allows users to ingest high-resolution data and |
| | on-scene observations into regional and global |
| | model information received from the Fleet |
| | Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center in |
| | Monterey, Calif. The result is an on-scene |
| | weather model that provides accurate weather |
| | predictions for an operating area within a |
| | 24-hour timeframe. |
| | Sub-Functions | Use the ship's weather real-time data from around |
| | the battle group, such as wind, temperature, |
| | cloud, visibility and radar data and incorporate |
| | this data into its analysis. |
| | Equipment Requirements | Meteorological and Oceanographic data gathering |
| | equipment. |
| | Connectivity Requirements | National Weather Service's (NWS)/Navy's Fleet |
| | Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center and |
| | the NWS' National Centers for Environmental |
| | Prediction (NCEP). |
| | Crypto Requirements | None. |
| | Normal Locations | US Navy Ships. |
| | Information Managed | Meteorology and oceanography forecast, database, |
| | and decision aid tools. |
| | Products Created | Weather Reports. |
| | Lead Service/Contractor | US Navy/SPAWAR. |
| | Current Fielding Status | Fielded: NITES System Engineering IPT, January |
| | 01. |
| | Known Problems | None. |
| | DIICOE Compliance Rating | Not rated. |
| | Point of Contact | Commander Space and Warfare Systems |
| | 4301 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 921110-3127 |
| | PLAD: COMMSPAWARSYSCOM SAN DIEGO CA/PMW-115// |
| | Updated by | Captain Michael L. Campbell, USA, CCSC-01 |
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