Meteorological and oceanographic (METOC)forces work cooperatively within the Department ofDefense community and across interorganizationallines to share and obtain information to providetimely, accurate, relevant, and consistent METOCsupport to joint force commanders (JFCs). METOCexamines the whole range of atmospheric (weather) and oceanographic phenomena, from the subbottom of the Earth's oceans up to the top of the atmosphere and the space environment (space weather). METOC is a term used to convey all meteorological,oceanographic, and space environmental factors asprovided by the Services, support agencies, and other sources. These factors include the whole range of atmospheric (weather) and oceanographicphenomena, from the sub-bottom of the Earth'soceans up to the top of the atmosphere and the space environment (space weather).