With Arctic operations increasing . . .

Official: Next-Gen Arctic Prediction System Could Help Navy Forecasts

/ October 26, 2012 at 9:39 PM
The Navy is looking to predict weather changes in the Arctic just like the service does in other regions through a next-generation fully coupled ocean atmosphere and arctic prediction system, according to a service official. The system is important as the Navy plans an increase in operations in the Arctic, Rear Adm. Jonathan White, Navy oceanographer and navigator, said Oct. 23 at the Office of Naval Research's Naval Science and Technology Partnership Conference in Arlington, VA. Between 2014 and 2040,...

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