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Oceanography and mine warfare / Ocean Studies Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ocean Studies Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council, author.
- Division on Earth and Life Studies Staff, author.
- United States. Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Submarine mines--United States.
- Submarine mines.
- Mines (Military explosives).
- Military oceanography--United States.
- Military oceanography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (113 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.
- Summary:
- Environmental information is important for successful planning and execution of naval operations. To ensure that naval forces have the most up-to-date capacities, ONR has extensive environmental research program. To increase research community understanding of the operational demands placed on naval operations and to facilitate discover between these two groups, the NRC's Ocean Studies Board, working with ONR, convened fire previous symposiums on tactical oceanography. The sixth and latest symposium in this series was held February 1999 in Corpus Christi, Texas.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Mine Warfare: An Overview""; ""3 Oceanography and Mine Warfare""; ""4 Mine Warfare and the Ocean Environment: Mission Influence, Research Issues, and Future Exploitation""; ""5 Discussion and Summary""; ""6 References""; ""APPENDIX A Steering Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""APPENDIX B Symposium Program""; ""APPENDIX C Symposium Participants""; ""APPENDIX D Wargame Gamebook""
- ""Environmental Science Programs Supporting Mine Warfare Within the Office of Naval Research APPENDIX E""""Office of Naval Research Programs to Encourage Research in Areas of Interest to Naval Operations APPENDIX F""; ""Office of Naval Research Program Contact Information APPENDIX G""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations APPENDIX H""
- Notes:
- AD-A374 586.
- "Additional copies are available from the National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Lockbox 285, Washington, DC 20055; (800)624-6242 or (202)334-3313 (in the Washington metropolitan area); Internet: http://www.nap.edu.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 56).
- ISBN:
- 9780309172226
- 0309172225
- 9780309515870
- 0309515874
- OCLC:
- 923255750
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