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ABSTE^ACT 



The mission of the Fleet Numerical Weather Facility is to provide 

 numerical weather products on an operational basis peculiar to the needs 

 of the Naval Establishment and to develop and test numerical techniques in 

 meteorology and oceanography applicable to Naval Weather Service analysis 

 and forecasting problems. At Monterey the method of approach to these as- 

 signments has been to treat the atmosphere and the oceans as one environ- 

 ment with particular attention being directed toward interactions between 

 the two media which constitute this environment. 



The puri)ose of this paper is to summarize the various analysis and fore- 

 cast programs currently utilized at Fleet Numerical Weather F'^cility 

 Monterey and to outline future plans . Those programs which depend more heavily 

 on quantitative computations of air- sea interaction or on strictly maritime 

 meteorological observations are discussed in more detail. These include: 

 sea surface temperature analyses (and their scale and pattern separation), 

 sea and swell analyses and forecasts, and synoptic current analyses (and 

 their use in estimation of convergence in the sea and their effects on 

 thermal structure ) . 



Finally, a description will be given of the master scheme which is being 

 developed for numerical analysis and prediction of oceanographic elements. 



