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Rapid Environmental Assessment Chart - Tactical

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What is REACT ?

• Digital geographic information systems (GIS) product that allows METOC data to be viewed using a free COTS GIS browser (Arc Explorer) on WIN95/98/NT box

• Custom-tailored environmental displays to support mission planning and operational requirements

• Provides the customer with the capability to display and manipulate imagery/oceanographic models/near-real time oceanographic data/meteorological data in a GIS format

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What makes up REACT?

Static Data Sets • Raster

- LandSat, SPOT, DTED, ADRG, TARPS, acoustic imagery, aerial photography

• Vector

- bathymetry (contours/soundings), NIMA wrecks/obstructions, bottom sediments, World Vector Shoreline (WVS), slope analysis

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Dynamic Data Sets

• Raster - AVHRR

• Vector

- Sea surface temperature, scatterometry, acoustic properties of seawater, wave direction and height, current speed and direction, wind speed and direction at various levels, surface pressure, surface precipitation

What makes up REACT?

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Raster Examples

LandSat Imagery

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Raster Examples

AVHRR Image

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Raster Examples

LandSat Image

(30m resolution)

SPOT Image

(10m resolution)

Side Scan Sonar Image

(1m resolution)

Different types of imageryviewed at the same time

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Vector Examples NOAA Bathymetry

and NIMAWorld Vector Shoreline

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Vector Examples

NIMA Wrecks andObstructions

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Vector Examples

Surface Winds andAir Temperature

from FNMOC

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Vector Examples

Wave Models fromNAVO N2

• Static Themes (imagery, bathymetry, land, wrecks) activated

… user selects other themesto display such as surface

winds and significant wavedirections

Surface Winds at48HR Forecast with

00HR and 24HR Runs

… user can find out whatinformation is available concerning any front

… and the same could be donewith any other theme

Identifying Features

… user creates a query on a selectedtheme, such as MODAS in this case

Building aData Query

… user zooms to areaof interest