CHILD WELL-BEING & POVERTY: STATISTICAL ABSTRACT & DATA

Not Available Mine Warfare and Mine Countermeasure decision-makers have few in-situ observations, infrequent remotely sensed images with course resolution, and a limited ability to synthesize the different types of information into one analysis. Limited datasets do not provide warfighters with a thorough understanding of the littoral environment necessary to make accurate decisions. The overall objective of this proposal is to develop the Mine Warfare Environmental Data Analysis and Fusion System (MEDAFS). This system will receive different types of environmental data (in-situ and remotely sensed), organize and integrate the data through Geographical Information Systems (GIS), fuse the data and analysis into a relational database and disseminate the information. Phase I Objectives - Design the laboratory necessary to create, test, and evaluate MEDAFS. Determine the data collection systems to be used in PHASE II where in-situ systems might include HF Radar, buoys, in-situ atmospheric and oceanographic packages; remotely sensed data might include ocean color systems (SeaWifs), NOAA polar orbiters (AVHRR), scatterometers (ERS), altimeters (GFO) and sea-surface microwave imagers. Modify Ocean Technologies' existing GIS software to receive, organize, and integrate the data collected within the laboratory. Design new methods for packaging the data and analysis together to disseminate to shipboard tactical decision aids.