A smooth landing for amphibious operations
Research Project
- Start Date:
- 1 July, 2005
- Project Status:
- Active
A DSTO-developed modelling capability delivered recently to the Navy's Directorate of Oceanography and Meterology (METOC) takes the bump out of amphibious operations.
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- Gathering field data to test the wave modelling application
Amphibious operations require a good knowledge and forecasts of environmental parameters, with sea state being a particularly important factor.
DSTO recently delivered to the Navy's METOC Services a standalone desktop application which provides an inshore wave modelling capability and decision aid for amphibious landings. Provision of the package potentially fills a critical gap for beach and coastal operations. The package couples the publicly available SWAN wave model with the US Navy's SURF model to provide inshore sea state and surf zone predictions. Algorithms from the Joint Surf Manual have been added to provide stoplight "Go - Caution - No Go" indicators for various landing craft.
The package will now undergo field testing during amphibious trials.
More information about this research can be found in the 2005 Winter of Australian Defence Science (Volume 13, Number 2).