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operation an improved ASWEPS. Fleet Weather Facility Norfolk 

 is the regional center assigned responsibility for conducting the 

 initial ASWEPS program for specified areas of the Atlantic Ocean. 

 Ten Environmental Detachments adjacent to the western Atlantic 

 Ocean also participate directly in the initial ASWEPS program. 

 Much of the analytic work at Norfolk is accomplished first by 

 manual processing techniques; as computer techniques are certi- 

 fied the shift from manual to machine methods will be made. 

 Following is a diagram showing the processes and activities 

 involved: 



COMPUTER CHARTS 



& DATA FIELDS 



FLEET NUMERICAL 

 WEATHER FACILITY 

 MONTEREY 



NUMERICAL 

 TECHNIQUES 



NORFOLK ASWEPS 

 REGIONAL 

 ANALYSIS CENTER 



NAVOCEANO R&D 



NAVAL 



ENVIRONMENTAL 

 "ZJ DATA 



NETWORK 

 TELECOMM 



NAVOCEANO 

 SUBJECTIVE 

 TECHNIQUES & 

 NUMERICAL 

 CONVERSION 



Depending upon the type and the application intended, 

 FLEWEAFAC Norfolk products are promulgated by facsimile, 

 r^dio teletype, or mail. Eight different types of charts are 

 promulgated on a daily basis, and five additional products are 

 currently provided upon request. Most of the latter are classified 

 products for special operational use. An East Coast tieline, 

 controlled by Norfolk, is maintained between stations extending 

 from Brunswick, Maine, to Key West, Florida, to pass oceano- 

 graphic products as well as meteorological products to those 

 stations. Each supports Fleet forces operating from that station. 

 Operational oceanographic support programs are being enlarged 

 to match the Norfolk programs at the following locations: 



U. S. Fleet Weather Central Rota, Spain, 



U. S. Fleet Weather Central Alameda, California, 



U. S. Fleet Weather Central Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and 



U. S. Fleet Weather Central Guam. 



Computer program development/responsibility for these latter 

 activities is assigned to Fleet Numerical Weather Facility 



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