| An Overview of Global Observing Systems Relevant to GODAE |
29-Oct-2009 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Candyce Clark; P Traon; G Le Jacobs; B Gohil; J L Fellous; J Benveniste; Stan Wilson; G Goni; G Ball; M Johnson; D Harrison; E Lindstrom; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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 | A global ocean observing system for the physical climate system, comprising both in situ and satellite components, was conceived largely at the Ocean Observations conference in St. Raphael. France, in October 1999. It was recognized that adequate information was not available on the state of the world ocean or its regional variations to address a range of important societal needs. Subsequent work by the marine carbon community and others in ... |
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| Wahhabism: Is it a Factor in the Spread of Global Terrorism |
Sep-2009 |
92 pages |
| Authors:
Michael R Dillon; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| What is the role of Wahhabism in the rise of global terrorism? Is Saudi Arabia and its Wahhabi ideology a contributing factor in the spread of violent radicalization in the Muslim world? What are the possible causal mechanisms linking Wahhabism to violence? How it is possible to ascertain these mechanisms and disentangle them from other sources of radicalization in the Muslim world? Three potential hypotheses may provide answers to these ... |
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| Force Structure: Actions Needed to Improve DOD's Ability to Manage, Assess, and Report on Global Defense Posture Initiatives |
02-Jul-2009 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
John Pendleton; Robert L Repasky; Shirley Min; Joanne Landesman; Greg Marchand; Terry Richardson; Ricardo Marquez; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| In its ongoing global realignment of U.S. forces and installations, the Department of Defense (DOD) plans to reduce the number of troops permanently stationed overseas, consolidate overseas bases, and establish a network of smaller forward locations with limited personnel. Realigning the U.S. overseas posture involves closing obsolete and redundant bases, constructing new facilities costing billions of dollars, and ensuring that other needed infrastructure is in place to support realigned forces ... |
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| Coalition Warfare Program Presentation to: 2009 EUCOM/AFRICOM Science and Technology Conference |
Jun-2009 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
Kathy Hithe; OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE R AND E (INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS/TECHNOLOGY) WASHINGTON DC
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| Defining the Marine Corps for the Long War |
20-Mar-2009 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Brian Morgan; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Marine Corps Reserve is an operational reserve, and the ongoing Global War on Terror has called for the increased reliance on our Reserve Marines. In the next several years, the Marine Corps will shift its focus from current high priority operations and prepare to assume additional security and stability operations as described in the operational employment concept The Long War: Send in the Marines. This operational shift will occur ... |
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| An Analysis of Turkey's Defense Systems Acquisition Policy |
Mar-2009 |
121 pages |
| Authors:
Goksel Korkmaz; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| The purpose of this research is to evaluate the benefits and challenges of Turkey's defense systems acquisition policy. The primary focus is on policy effects on the defense industry and how the policy has changed the structure of the defense industry since its implementation. The research compares Turkey's defense industry with that of other countries, and explores its relative position. Defense industry policies of first- and second-tier countries are identified ... |
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| U. S. GODAE: Global Ocean Prediction with the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model |
Jan-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Harley E Hurlburt; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS
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| Develop a next generation eddy-resolving, fully global ocean prediction system using HYCOM with 1/12 equatorial resolution. (2) Transition this system to NAVOCEANO for operational use in 2008 with assimilation of sea surface height (SSH) from satellite altimeters, sea surface temperature (SST) and temperature (T)/salinity (S) profiles and the ability to perform skillful 30-day forecasts. (3) Include two-way coupling to an ice model. (4) Ensure that an accurate and generalized ocean ... |
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| China's Evolution Toward Becoming a More Responsible Global Stakeholder |
Jan-2009 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew A Baldwin; MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA
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| TITLE: The last several years have seen a noticeable rise in Chinese military investment that supports military operations other than war (MOOTW) on the part of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA). Participation in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DA) and a first ever Maritime Security deployment are all aspects of China's realization that rising to become a global power requires increased responsible stakeholder in security ... |
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| Estimation and Prediction of the Giove Clocks |
01-Dec-2008 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
P Tavella; A Mozo; Irene Hidalgo; G Cerretto; I Sesia; G Tobias; R Piriz; J Hahn; F Gonzalez; P Waller; GMV SA MADRID (SPAIN)
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| In preparation for the development of the Galileo system, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched in 2002 the development of an experimental ground segment (Galileo System Test Bed Version 1). Within the GSTB-V1 project, tests of Galileo algorithms were conducted processing GPS global data at the Ground Processing Center (GPC) located at ESA/ESTEC in The Netherlands. In December 2005 and then in April 2008, two experimental Galileo satellites called GIOVE-A ... |
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| Future Optical Communications Systems |
Jun-2008 |
118 pages |
| Authors:
Donn Forbes; OPTOELECTRONICS INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON DC
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| Global telecommunications revenue approached $3 trillion in 2006, a growth of 11.2% over 2005. In 2006, the international segment achieved over $2 trillion for the first time, while the United States segment achieved $945 billion. In the transport services market, wireless continues to grow over landline, a trend which is expected to continue. Capital expenditure as a percentage of revenue for U.S. wireless and wire-line telecom service providers has stabilized ... |
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| Global Counterinsurgency: A Way Out of the Global War on Terrorism Quagmire? |
22-May-2008 |
66 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J Lee; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| With the attacks of September 11th, by a transnational, global, terrorist network, the full danger of this new security threat was revealed. The initial response of the U.S. Government to this threat resulted in the birth of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Since its birth, the GWOT has taken center stage as the default Foreign Policy and National Security Strategy of the United States. In the execution of this ... |
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| Global Climate Change and NEPA: The Difficulty with Cumulative Impacts Analysis |
18-May-2008 |
69 pages |
| Authors:
Tubbs; Marvin W II; GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV WASHINGTON DC SCHOOL OF LAW
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| This paper will provide a survey of the current requirements under the law for addressing global climate change in NEPA documents, along with various methodologies for quantifying the potential global climate change impacts of federal actions subject to NEPA. |
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| Global Climate Change: National Security Implications |
MAY 2008 |
455 pages |
| Authors:
Carolyn Pumphrey; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| 1 INTRODUCTION Carolyn Pumphrey Triangle Institute for Security Studies The Evolution of a Problem. Until fairly recent times no one thought climate changed, let alone was influenced by human activities. By the 19th century, scientists were theorizing that temperatures were affected by what we now call greenhouse gasses. And in the late 19th century, the Swedish scientist Arrhenius suggested that human industry might cause the planet to warm. But this ... |
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| Global Insurgency Strategy and the Salafi Jihad Movement |
APR 2008 |
265 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Shultz Richard H.; INST FOR NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES US AIR FORCE ACADEMY CO
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| In this paper, the author differentiates and characterizes terrorists and insurgents, and he conducts a detailed conceptual and historical analysis of insurgency and its current manifestation on a global scale by the Salafi Jihad movement. This work lays out the case that terrorism and insurgency differ, and that the current "long war" is actually being fought by the other side as an insurgency. As a result, the United States must ... |
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| The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11 |
08 FEB 2008 |
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| Authors:
Amy Belasco; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | With enactment of the FY2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2764/P.L. 110-161 on December 26, 2007, Congress has approved a total of about $700 billion for military operations, base security, reconstruction, foreign aid, embassy costs, and veterans' health care for the three operations initiated since the 9/11 attacks: Operation Enduring Freedom (OFF) Afghanistan and other counter terror operations: Operation Noble Eagle (ONE), providing enhanced security at military bases: and Operation Iraqi ... |
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| Developing Resource-Informed Strategic Assessments and Recommendations |
01-Jan-2008 |
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| Authors:
Paul K Davis; Stuart E Johnson; Duncan Long; David C Gompert; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The United States will soon be conducting another major review of national-security strategy. It will be the responsibility of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to provide resource-informed assessments and recommendations to the Secretary of Defense and the President. This monograph illustrates newly developed methods and tools to support the chairman's efforts. We sought a way to compare strategies that would integrate expectations about effectiveness, risks, and ... |
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| Analysis of Strategy and Strategies of Analysis |
01-Jan-2008 |
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| Authors:
David C Gompert; Paul K Davis; Stuart E Johnson; Duncan Long; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| This monograph explores new ideas for analyzing national defense strategy, building on concepts that enjoy credence in the defense world while borrowing other concepts from the business world. It is the companion of a longer analytical report on the same subject. Both result from a study of how to assess the implications of national defense strategy, conducted by RAND at the behest of the Joint Staff's J-8 and the Office ... |
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| AY 2007-2008 Achieving U.S. Energy Security: Energy Industry Sector Report Seminar 8 |
01-Jan-2008 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC
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| The source of U.S. national security strength stems in large part from the nation's economic foundation; the ability to generate and exploit inexpensive energy underpins that strength. Therefore, the United States has a vital interest in ensuring the viability and stability of the global energy system and securing its energy security. This Industrial College of the Armed Forces Energy Industry paper analyzes the energy sector and grapples with how to ... |
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| Defense Globalization: Impacts on the United States Defense Acquisition System |
01 DEC 2007 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Jason W. Bales; Nicholas G. Feranec; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The objective of this MBA project is to examine the extent to which the Department of Defense has positioned itself to maximize the use of the global defense market. This report explores the recent history of commercialization and globalization initiatives and legislation; details several examples of foreign technology that have significantly improved the U.S. military's warfighting capability; and analyzes the significant benefits and challenges facing the DoD in moving towards ... |
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| Defeating Global Networks: The Need for a Strategic Targeting Organization |
06 NOV 2007 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Robert M. Brassaw; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Current military doctrine is insufficient to address complex networks which link adversary states, terrorists, narcotics dealers, international criminal organizations, financiers, weapons proliferators, and individual non-state actors. Although the military has the capability to find, fix, and track many of these threats, the DOD lacks the legal authorities to target and engage many of them. Establishing a global strategic targeting organization within the DOD to better address transnational threats is a ... |
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| 1/32 Degree Real-Time Global Ocean Prediction and Value-Added Over 1/16 Degree Resolution |
30 JUL 2007 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Jay Shriver; Harley E. Hurlburt; Ole M. Smedstad; Alan J. Wallcraft; Robert C. Rhodes; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| A 1/32 degree global ocean nowcast/forecast system has been developed by the Naval Research Laboratory at the Stennis Space Center. It started running at the Naval Oceanographic Office in near real-time on 1 Nov. 2003 and has been running daily in real-time since I Mar. 2005. It became an operational system on 6 March 2006, replacing the existing 1/16 degree system which ceased operation on 12 March 2006. Both systems ... |
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| Atmospheric Effects of the Total Solar Eclipse of 4 December 2002 Simulated with a High-Altitude Global Model |
25 JUL 2007 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
S. D. Eckermann; D. Broutman; M. T. Stollberg; J. Ma; J. P. McCormack; T. F. Hogan; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC SPACE SCIENCE DIV
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| The atmosphere s response to the total solar eclipse of 4 December 2002 is studied using a prototype high-altitude global numerical weather prediction model (NOGAPS-ALPHA). Local reductions in solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation during the eclipse are estimated using astronomical calculations of umbral and penumbral surface trajectories and observed solar limb darkening at ~ 200-300 nm. In NOGAPS-ALPHA these UV eclipse shadows yield stratospheric radiative cooling rate footprints peaking near 27 ... |
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| Global Ocean Prediction Using HYCOM |
JUL 2007 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Alan J. Wallcraft; Eric P. Chassignet; James A. Cummings; Harley E. Hurlburt; E. J. Metzger; Ole M. Smedstad; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| In the third year of this project, fully-global eddy-resolving simulations have been performed using the HYCOM at 1/12-deg resolution. HYCOM is isopycnal in the open, stratified ocean, but makes a dynamically smooth transition to a terrain-following coordinate in shallow water and to pressure coordinates in the mixed layer and/or unstratified regions via the layered continuity equation. This approach incorporates the disadvantages of these three distinct vertical coordinate types into one ... |
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| OSD Perspective - Analytic Challenge: Global War on Terror Analysis |
01-Jun-2007 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Preston Dunlap; OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PROGRAM ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION) ARLINGTON VA SIMULATION ANALYSIS CENTER
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| IRREGULAR WARFARE. "A violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant populations. IW favors indirect and asymmetric approaches, though it may employ the full range of military and other capabilities, in order to erode an adversary's power, influence, and will." -- Irregular Warfare Joint Operating Concept. |
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| Fine-Resolution Satellite-Based Sea Surface Temperatures over the Global Ocean |
22 MAY 2007 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
A. B. Kara; C. N. Barron; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| The accuracy and relative merits of two sets of daily global sea surface temperature (SST) analyses are examined and compared. The 1/8 Modular Ocean Data Analysis System (MODAS) of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is based only on infrared satellite retrievals. The 1/2 Real-Time, Global (RTG) SST analysis of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) supplements infrared satellite observations with ship and buoy data. The accuracy of both products ... |
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| Give Deterrence a Chance: A Strategy Against Al Qaeda |
28 MAR 2007 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Lyle Hoag; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Engaged in a global war on terrorism, America is fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan to rid the world of Al Qaeda, other apocalyptic terrorists, and the regimes that harbor them. In the National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, the president has laid out a strategy to defeat these terrorists. While deterrence is contained in the strategy, it is apparent from the application of the strategy that deterrence has not been used ... |
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| Effects of the Global War on Terror on Medical Service Corps Retention Rates |
MAR 2007 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Erich J. Dietrich; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis analyzes the retention behavior of first term Medical Service Corps officers and examines the effect of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) on all communities within the Navy Medical Service Corps including Healthcare Administration (HCA), Healthcare Science (HCS) and Clinical Care Provider (CCS). Data were collected from the Defense Manpower Data Center for MSC officers in entering cohort years 1998, 1999 and 2001. Four logistic regression models were ... |
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| U.S. Military Dispositions: Fact Sheet |
30 JAN 2007 |
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| Authors:
Edward F. Bruner; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The United States maintains a global military presence to support foreign policy and military strategy. Representation ranges from one Marine in Sierra Leone to an Army Corps in Germany, and is found in 144 nations. In some countries, presence is maintained continuously and service members are assigned tours of one to three years. In other countries, there may be short term deployments of units or teams in response to emergencies ... |
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| On the Global Regularity of Sub-Critical Euler-Poisson Equations with Pressure |
09 SEP 2006 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Eitan Tadmor; Dongming Wei; MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK DEPT OF MATHEMATICS
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| We prove that the one-dimensional Euler-Poisson system driven by the Poisson forcing together with the usual -law pressure, 1, admits global solutions for a large class of initial data. Thus, the Poisson forcing regularizes the generic finite-time breakdown in the 2 2 p-system. Global regularity is shown to depend on whether or not the initial configuration of the Riemann invariants and density crosses an intrinsic critical threshold. |
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| Strategic Challenges for Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terrorism |
SEP 2006 |
308 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In March 2006, President George W. Bush signed a new National Security Strategy that he refers to as a "wartime national security strategy." He also states in the introduction that to follow the path the United States has chosen, we must "maintain and expand our national strength." One way to do this is to study and propose solutions to the complex challenges the United States faces in the 21st century. ... |
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| DOD's Overseas Infrastructure Master Plans Continue to Evolve |
22 AUG 2006 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Barry W. Holman; Mark Little; Nelsie Alcoser; Thom Barger; Susan Ditto; Kate Lenane; Roger Tomlinson; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| In 2004, President Bush announced what was described as the most comprehensive restructuring of U.S. military forces overseas since the end of the Korean War. Soon thereafter, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued a report titled Strengthening U.S. Global Defense Posture. This report defined the key tenets of the integrated global presence and basing strategy, which outlines troop and basing adjustments overseas. Although the strategy is intended to make the ... |
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| Trends in Terrorism: 2006 |
21 JUL 2006 |
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| Authors:
Raphael Perl; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| On April 28, 2006, the Department of State sent to Congress its annual report on global terrorism: Country Reports on Global Terrorism 2005. The 262-page report provides an annual strategic assessment of trends in terrorism and the evolving nature of the terrorist threat, coupled with detailed information on anti-terror cooperation by nations worldwide. The report and underlying data portray a threat from radical Jihadists that is becoming more widespread, diffuse, ... |
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| The Formal Representation of Administrative and Operational Relationships Within Defense Organizational Constructs |
JUN 2006 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Sam Chamberlain; Mike Boller; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| TOPICS: (1) Introduction - The Global Force Management Data Initiative; (2) DoD Levels of Authority & Command and Support Relationships; (3) The Organizational and Force Structure Construct (OFSC): Organizations, Units, Associations * Relations; (4) Default Relations in the OFSC: Has-Admin/Default and Is-Led-By/Default Associations * Command and Control/Default Associations * Combatant Command/Default Associations * Operational Associations - Operational Control (OPCON); (5) Summary. |
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| Comparative Analysis of C2 Structures for Global Ballistic Missile Defense |
JUN 2006 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
James B. Michael; Man-Tak Shing; Mitchell R. Perrett; Joon H. Um; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Global ballistic missile defense (BMD) is a new type of warfare that is characterized by its fast tempo and little force movement. Time budgets for executing kill-chain tasks during an engagement are highly constrained, making it necessary to rely on high degrees of automation of all aspects of decision-making except in cases in which a tracked object requires the attention of a human operator. This paper examines three C2 structures ... |
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| Taking Charge of Joint Theater Logistics: The Case for a Theater Logistics Command |
14 APR 2006 |
82 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas K. Gainey; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT FORCES STAFF COLL
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| This thesis explores how the Joint Force Commander best commands and controls the integration of Joint Logistics at the Theater level. Currently, there are two primary methods; through a Command Organization or through the J-4. This paper makes a compelling case for a Joint Theater Logistics Command. The primary focus is to examine the management of common user logistics at the theater level. This paper outlines the legal obligations of ... |
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| Modeling Ocean Ecosystems: The PARADIGM Program |
MAR 2006 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
L. Rothstein; J. Cullen; M. Abbott; E. Chassignet; K. Denman; S. Doney; H. Ducklow; K. Fennel; M. Follows; D. Haidvogel; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| The role of the oceans in Earth systems ecology, and the effects of climate variability on the ocean and its ecosystems, can be understood only by observing, describing, and ultimately predicting the state of the ocean as a physically forced ecological and biogeochemical system. This is a daunting but exciting challenge, because the ocean-atmosphere system is dynamically linked, and oceanic habitats are both diverse and complex, providing tremendous variety in ... |
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| The Global Technology Revolution 2020: Executive Summary |
01-Jan-2006 |
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| Authors:
Richard S Silberglitt; Elaine M Newton; Shari Pfleeger; Eric Lawrence Landree; Brian A Jackson; Natalie Gassman; S R Bohandy; Anny Wong; David R Howell; Philip S Anton; Felicia Wu; RAND CORP ARLINGTON VA NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH DIV
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| This report presents the results from a set of foresights into global technology trends and their implications for the world in the year 2020. Areas of particular importance include biotechnology, nanotechnology, materials technology, and information technology. A sample of 29 countries across the spectrum of scientific advancement (low to high) was assessed with respect to the countries' ability to acquire and implement 16 key technology applications (e.g., cheap solar energy, ... |
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| U. S. GODAE: Sustained Global Ocean State Estimation for Scientific and Practical Application |
Jan-2006 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Carl Wunsch-Pi; Ichiro Fukumori; Tong Lee; Dimitris Menemenlis; David W Behringer; Michele Rienecker; Rui Ponte; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF EARTH ATMOSPHERIC AND PLANETARY SCIENCES
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| This consortium project is attempting to use all existing ocean observations, including particularly, satellite data, for the purpose of understanding and ultimately predicting, the ocean on climate timescales. To this end it is advancing ocean state estimation as a practical, quasi-operational tool, for studying the ocean circulation and its influence on societal problems such as climate change, sea level rise, and biological impacts. Observing the ocean is difficult owing to ... |
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| Airborne Demonstration of Milstar and GBS Receive Capability Using a Sinlge Antenna |
2006 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel J. Raponi; Paul J. Oleski; Kevin Loucks; Dave J. Cobb; MITRE CORP BEDFORD MA
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| The military community currently uses the Milstar satellite system for low data rate (i.e. 75 to 2400 bps) two-way communications using the 44 and 20 GHz frequency bands. Development and installation of the Global Broadcast Service (GBS) is currently underway providing high data rate (i.e. up to 23.5 Mbps) broadcast service using the 30/20 GHz frequency bands. Interest has been expressed by the Department of Defense (DoD) in demonstrating an ... |
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| Mathematical Basis of Knowledge Discovery and Autonomous Intelligent Architectures. Task #2: Rapid Knowledge Fusion in the Scalable Infosphere |
14 DEC 2005 |
121 pages |
| Authors:
Alexander V. Smirnov; RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SAINT PETERSBURG INST FOR INFORMATICS AND AUTOMATION
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| Global awareness (GA) entails the acquisition of data from local to global levels, appropriate fusing of the data and presentation of that data as useful information. This data will then be fused to fully describe situations of interest such as large transportation systems and complex communication systems. This project specifically aims at developing the mathematical basis architecture and software techniques implementing particular new technologies to support Global Awareness and comprises ... |
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| Pandemic Influenza: Domestic Preparedness Efforts |
10 NOV 2005 |
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| Authors:
Sarah A. Lister; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| In 1997, a new avian influenza virus (H5N1 avian flu) emerged in Hong Kong, killing 6 people. This was the first time that an avian influenza virus was shown to be transmitted directly from birds to humans. The virus persisted in the region, and has since spread to a number of Asian and European countries where it has infected more than 120 people, killing more than 60. The severity of ... |
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| Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2006 |
Nov-2005 |
225 pages |
| Authors:
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE PROGRAM WASHINGTON DC
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| The report describes the activities and plans of the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), which incorporates the U.S. Global Change Research Program, established under the Global Change Research Act of 1990, and the Climate Change Research Initiative, established by the President in 2001. CCSP coordinates and integrates scientific research on climate and global change supported by 13 participating departments and agencies of the U.S. Government. This FY 2006 edition of ... |
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| The Global War on Terrorism: Analytical Support, Tools and Metrics of Assessment. MORS Workshop |
11 AUG 2005 |
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| Authors:
William F. Crain; MILITARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH SOCIETY ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The workshop began with a plenary session that was highlighted by thought provoking presentations by General Wayne Downing (plenary), and two members of the Naval War College faculty - Professor Jeff Norwitz (perspective on detainee operations at Guantanamo) and Professor Tom Barnett (author of The Pentagon's New Map). Each presentation challenged the audience to examine current national strategy and served to set the tone for the subsequent working group sessions. ... |
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| Global Precipitation Measurement Update |
25 JUL 2005 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Gilbert M. Flaming; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION GREENBELT MD GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
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| Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international cooperative program whose objectives are to (a) increase understanding of rainfall processes, and (b) make frequent rainfall measurements on a global basis. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Japanese Aviation Exploration Agency have entered into a cooperative effort for the formulation and development of GPM. This effort represents a continuation of the partnership that developed the highly successful Tropical Rainfall Measuring ... |
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| NASA's Global Precipitation Mission Ground Validation Segment |
25 JUL 2005 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Mathew R. Schwaller; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION GREENBELT MD GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
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| NASA is designing a Ground Validation Segment (GVS) as one of its contributions to the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. The GPM GVS provides an independent means for evaluation, diagnosis, and ultimately improvement of the GPM spaceborne measurements and precipitation products. NASA's GPM GVS concept calls for a combination of direct observations executed within a Multidimensional Observing Volume (MOV) and model-based analyses executed by a Satellite Simulator Model (SSM). The ... |
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| Global Command and Control System - Maritime (GCCS-M) Segments and SkyCAP Assured IP Software |
13 JUN 2005 |
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| Authors:
Alfred Mitchell; Charles Gooding; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP SAN DIEGO CA
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| SkyCAP is a software solution to provide netted I/P access over half duplex LDR satellite (also LOS) links. It is the integration of the proposed MIL-STD-188-184A with an I/P interface. the original goal was to only pass TCP for mail, web browsing, ftp, etc. but has since been expanded to support all I/P types. SkyCAP has demonstrated use on other tactical Line-of-Sight (LOS) VHF/UHF radio networks and shows potential for ... |
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| Black Sea Mixed Layer Sensitivity to Various Wind and Thermal Forcing Products on Climatological Time Scales |
08 JUN 2005 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
A. B. Kara; Harley Jurlburt; Alan Wallcraft; Mark Bourassa; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| This study describes atmospheric forcing parameters constructed from different global climatologies, applied to the Black Sea, and investigates the sensitivity of HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) simulations to these products. Significant discussion is devoted to construction of these parameters before using them in the eddy-resolving HYCOM simulations. Eight wind forcing products are used: four obtained from observation on the QuikSCAT satellite, and the rest formed from operational model products. Atmospherically-forced ... |
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| 21ST Century Terrorism: Wrong Diagnosis, Inadequate Remedy |
JUN 2005 |
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| Authors:
Kleanthis Kyriakidis; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| From the early 1990s, and especially since September 11, 2001, numerous scholars, politicians and political analysts alike have characterized terrorism as global, religious, irrational, and rising. The theory of the emergence of this "new terrorism" is well established and can be considered as conventional wisdom. The main characteristics of the "old terrorism," its political, local, and rational character, are obsolete in accordance with this line of thinking. In particular, Al ... |
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| Global Ocean Prediction Using HYCOM |
JUN 2005 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Alan J. Wallcraft; E. J. Metzger; Harley E. Hurlburt; Eric P. Chassignet; Zulema D. Garraffo; Ole M. Smedstad; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS OCEANOGRAPHY DIV
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| The Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) is isopycnal in the open, stratified ocean, but uses the layered continuity equation to make a dynamically smooth transition to a terrain-following coordinate in shallow coastal regions, and to z-level coordinates in the mixed layer and/or unstratified seas. The hybrid coordinate extends the geographic range of applicability of traditional isopycnic coordinate circulation models toward shallow coastal seas and unstratified parts of the world ocean. ... |
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| Investigations Into the Application of NMS Tools to Modeling the Global Information Grid (GIG) |
30 APR 2005 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Bharat Doshi; Robert G. Cole; JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV LAUREL MD APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
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| This report documents our work in support of transition of the capabilities and tools developed within the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Information Program Technology Office (IPTO) Network Modeling and Simulation (NMS) Program to the greater Department of Defense (DoD) community. We chose to use the efforts to design and architect the Global Information Grid (GIG) as a test case. We then identified a set of performance studies of ... |
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