{"id":43156,"date":"2020-05-12T08:50:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T08:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/12\/failure-to-communicate-us-navy-seeks-faster-data-transfers-amid-arctic-ice\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:20:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:20:44","slug":"failure-to-communicate-us-navy-seeks-faster-data-transfers-amid-arctic-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/frozen-pathways\/2020\/05\/12\/failure-to-communicate-us-navy-seeks-faster-data-transfers-amid-arctic-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Failure to communicate: US Navy seeks faster data transfers amid Arctic ice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Research in the Arctic Ocean is no small feat. The area can prove inaccessible at times, and sensors can fail to communicate data from under the ice or get crushed by slabs of ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But with the Arctic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/video\/2020\/04\/10\/arctic-sea-ice-reaches-2019-minimum-extent\/\" target=_blank>getting warmer and ice melting<\/a> at an accelerated rate, the U.S. Navy is preparing to operate in newly available waterways. To do that effectively, the service knows it will take intense research to create durable, innovative solutions that can withstand harsh conditions, while also relaying data to researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the Navy\u2019s thinking about having to run operations up there with submarines, surface vessels and aircraft, you really need to understand that operational environment,\u201d Scott Harper, the Office of Naval Research\u2019s program manager for Arctic and global prediction, told Defense News in a May 4 interview. \u201cWhere is that sea ice and how quickly is it retreating? And what is it doing to the upper water column in the ocean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;To really understand all that, you need to have a lot of observations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy and academic researchers are working together to improve the service\u2019s forecasting models in the Arctic. The Navy currently has research buoys, sensors and other technology floating in the water to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/video\/2020\/04\/09\/us-navy-team-builds-submarine-tracking-grid\/\" target=\"_blank\">track a variety of metrics<\/a>: waves, atmospheric and water circulation, sea ice thickness and cover, speed at which the ice moves, and several other factors. All those metrics factor into Arctic forecasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to improve its forecasting capabilities, the Navy needs to improve its numerical models, or complex equations used in predictions. But to do that, the service needs more up-to-date data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese numerical models are kind of like balancing your checkbook,\u201d Harper said. \u201cYou need to start with what your current checking account balances [to[ if you\u2019re going to predict what it\u2019s going to be at the end of the month. 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