Defense Department Commissions Marine Fog Study

[rangerrebew]

Defense Department Commissions Marine Fog Study
8/31/2021
By Mandy Mayfield
 
Marine fog has been a perennial problem for the military, with its unpredictable occurrence obstructing views and adversely affecting weapon systems. To better understand the weather phenomena, the Defense Department recently awarded the University of Notre Dame a $7.5 million contract to study it.

Researchers at the university are conducting a five-year effort called the Fog and Turbulence Interactions in the Marine Atmosphere, or FATIMA, initiative. The project intends to improve the fundamental understanding of the formation, duration and disappearance of marine sea fog, said Harindra Fernando, a professor at Notre Dame.

“One of the biggest problems with marine fog is it appears very quickly,” Fernando said. “It has been very difficult to predict. In fact, predictability is around 50 percent. … It is one of the lowest predictability in meteorological phenomena.”

Two major problems with conducting military operations in marine fog include a lack of visibility and issues using directed energy weapons, he added.

https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2021/8/31/defense-department-commissions-marine-fog-study

[rangerrebew]

I think they should study the impenetrable fog that envelops the politicians in the District of Corruption first.

[rustynail]

Marine fog?  I thought they meant gender confusion among the troops.

[DefiantMassRINO]

1.) I'm safer from directed energy attacks on foggy mornings.
2.) Have they talked with a New England or Canadian Maritime fisherman or mariner?

Fog is condensation that occurs when warmer moist air encounters a cooler airmass or surface, and stuff.