OC4271 Topics in Tactical Oceanography

Course emphasizes the tactical use of the environment and battlespace characterization as a force multiplier in naval operations, including acoustic undersea warfare, special operations, amphibious warfare, and mine warfare. Using tailored lectures, students will examine oceanographic conditions and the ability for naval forces to exploit them in nearshore, coastal and deep ocean settings.

Prerequisite

OC3260 or permission of the instructor.

Corequisite

For International METOC Students: OC4267. For International USW Students: EC4450.

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Course Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Associate ocean processes with transmission loss behavior.
• Understand how to analyze an ocean process's effect on detection using acoustic models, and the sonar equation.