Term
| Which commands and subordinate components fall under the MIW directorate? |
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Definition
-NOMW Stennis Space Center
-NOMW Bahrain
-NOMC CP San Diego
-NOMW CP Sasebo
-NOMW CP Norfolk |
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Term
| What is the MIW's mission with respect to Fleet Engagement and Tactical Support? |
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Definition
| Leverage envioronmental factors to Fleet MIW assests. Reduce minehunting and clearing time through intelligence preperation of the operational environment. |
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Term
| NOMWC is divided into what 3 elements? |
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Definition
-UUV Platoon
-Reachback Cell (Stennis)
-Embedded components |
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Term
| What water zone does NOMWC's UUV platoon primarily operate in? |
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Definition
| Shallow water zones (3-61 meters) |
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Term
| What do UUV's use to survey the ocean floor? |
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Definition
| Side-scan sonar (900/1800Khz) |
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Term
| What does the acronym MILCO stand for? |
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Definition
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Term
| What type of mission is performed when a higher resolution image of MILCO is required? |
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Definition
| Re-acquisition (RI) mission. |
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Term
| What environmental data is collected with UUV's? |
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Definition
-Bottom Type
-Water Temperature
-Salinity
-Trubitity
-Currents
-Bathymetry |
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Term
| How is doctrinal bottom type derived? |
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Definition
From a combination of:
Roughness
Sediment
Burial
Clutter |
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Term
| Explain the change detection process. |
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Definition
| New imagery is compared to old eliminating known objects from being reinvestigated. |
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Term
| What does the acronym IPOE stand for? |
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Definition
| Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment |
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Term
| Identify at least 10 METOC parameters that may be included in a MIW RBC. |
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Definition
-Sky conditions
-Precip
-Wind speed/direction
-Visibility
-Solar data
-Temperature
-Salinity
-Sea surface temperature
-Currents
-Ceilings |
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Term
| What primary equipment is used to collect and analyze METOC data within MIW? |
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Definition
-UUV's (Remus 100)
-Slocum Gliders
-ADCP's (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) |
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Term
| What data does a Slocum glider collect? |
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Definition
-Salinity
-Temp
-Optical data
-Currents |
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Term
| Why is knowing the optical data of the water column important? |
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Definition
| Turbidity can impact the performance of side scan sonar to detect and classify underwater mines. |
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Term
| What does the acronym CTD stand for? |
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Definition
| Conductivity Temperature Depth |
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Term
| Why is knowing the CTD of the water column important in MIW? |
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Definition
| CTD can adversely impact the performance of mine hunting and sweeping systems. |
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Term
| What data is collected by ADCP? |
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Definition
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Term
| What organization does NOMWC work closely with to provide the majority of its fleet support? |
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Definition
| Naval Oceanographic Office |
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Term
| Which NOMWC element is responsible for coordinating METOC support for MIW ops and ensuring Requests for Services are properly filled? |
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Definition
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