WEATHER COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

Naval Training Meteorology and Oceanography Facility Pensacola, FL YOU HAVE JUST ENGAGED AN OFFICIAL UNITED STATES NAVY WEB INFORMATION SERVICE DOD Warning Statement Privacy and Security Notice General Disclaimer METOC Products Command Mission Pascagoula Support To provide within areas of responsibility (AOR), as assigned by the Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, About NTMOF operational meteorology and oceanography (METOC) services to the Fleet Training Armed Forces of the Department of Defense (DoD). Department Feedback, Products request Forecast Duty Officer: DSN 922-3644 COM 850-452-3644 Mail to NTMOF WebMaster c/o cdontmof@ntmof.navy.mil Click Here for Todays Forecast Click Here for the Latest Satellite Picture Figure 1-6.—NTMOF Pensacola Internet homepage. send electronic mail to a specified destination. The recipient can be on the same server as the sender or on a server halfway across the world. The only restriction is that you must know the address of the person you wish to send e-mail to. An e-mail address usually appears as a user name, followed by an @ symbol, followed by the host name of the destination computer, such as "doe@acme.com. The addresses are normally case sensitive, and the spelling of the surname and of the site must be exact, or the message will not arrive at the recipient’s computer. WEATHER COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS There are several telecommunication networks dedicated solely to environmental information. The largest is the DOD Global Weather Communications System (GWCS). It is operated by the U.S. Air Force and provides rapid transmission of aviation weather support information to military facilities. The system includes the Automated Weather Network (AWN) and the Air Force Global Weather Intercept Program (GWIP) network. 1-10