THE NAVY OCEANOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS PROGRAM 



SUBMARINE 



Submariners Handbook 

 Submarine Guides 

 Sonar Atlases 

 Ice Forecasts 



SEARCH, RESCUE 

 and SALVAGE 



Special Area Studies 

 Sound Velocity Studies 

 Bottom Contour Cliarts 

 Wave and Ice Forecasts 

 Oceanographic Atlases 



ASW 



ASWEPS 

 Sonar Atlases 

 Special Area Studies 

 Submariners'Handboolc 



ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 



Water Motion 



Currents, Waves, Breakers and Surf, 

 Internal Waves, Sea Level, Tides 



Sea Ice Features and Properties 



Distribution, Concentration, Thickness 



Physical and Chemical Properties 



Temperature, Salinity, Density, Dissolved 

 Oxygen, pH, Nutrients 



Oceanographic Acoustic Properties 



Propagation, Reverberation, Ambient Noise, 

 Sound Cliannels, Active and Passive Ranges 



MINE WARFARE 



Mine Warfare PUot 



HODS 



Coastal Studies 



VAMP Publications 



Marine Organisms 



Fouling, Bioluminescence, Dangerous 

 Animals, False Targets and Sound 

 Scattering, Vegetation 



Sea Floor and Bottom Strata 



Submarine Topography, Micro-Bathymetry, 

 Bottom Composition, Engineering and 

 Chemical Properties 



Geomagnetism 



Spatial and Temporal VariaticHi, Anomalies 



Gravity 



Anomalies, Deflection of the vertical 



SURVEILLANCE 



Special Area Studies 

 Sound Velocity Studies 

 Bottom Contour Charts 

 Wave and Ice Forecasts 

 Oceanographic Atlases 



POLAR 



Ice Forecasts 



Ice Atlases 



Long Range Ice Outlook 



Ice Charts 



Ice Manuals and Reports 



GENERAL FLEET 



Combat Charts 

 Nautical Charts 

 Sailing Directions 

 Optimum Ship Routing 

 Pilot Charts 

 Oceanographic Atlases 



AMPHIBIOUS 



AOS Studies 

 Combat Charts 

 NIS Coastal Studies 

 Wave Forecasts 



Environmental factors related to oceanography and 

 associated with Navy operational needs. 



Second, the Ocean Engineering and Development portion stresses 

 such projects as the Deep Submergence Systems Project that will 

 give us the capability for submarine search and rescue and 

 improve man's ability to perform useful work at greater depths 

 than ever before. 



Finally, the Oceanographic Operations portion involves direct 

 support of operating forces through the collection of environmental 

 data by specially equipped ships, submarines, aircraft, and buoys 

 as well as other devices. The transformation of these data into 

 useful products for Fleet use, as well as for other national pro- 

 grams and, in some cases, for international distribution in 

 accordance with mutual exchange agreements with other countries, 

 is included in Oceanographic Operations. The program stresses 

 military and statutory requirements because, by law, the Navy 

 has responsibilities for the production of nautical charts and for 



