CONTENTS 



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PREFACE Vii 



INTRODUCTION .......... 1 



RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN BASIC OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH . 4 



The Physics of the Sea — Geology and Geophysics of the Sea Floor — 

 The Chemistry of Ocean Waters and Sediments — The Biology of 

 the Oceans. 



APPLICATIONS OF OCEANOGRAPHY IN PEACE AND WAR ... 12 



The Ocean as a Source of Power — The Ocean as a Source of Chemi- 

 cals — Fisheries Problems — Application of Oceanography to Meteor- 

 ology — Finding and Producing Petroleum — Beach Erosion and 

 Control — Problems of Overseas Transport— Military Oceanography. 



CURRENT PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING OCEANOGRAPHY IN THE 



UNITED STATES ......... 19 



Characteristics of Modern Oceanographic Facilities — Ships — Shore 

 Facilities — Manpower and Education — The Financial Problem. 



CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...... 27 



APPENDIX: PRESENT FACILITIES FOR OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH 



IN THE UNITED STATES ........ 29 



The Scripps Institution of Oceanography — The Bermuda Biologi- 

 cal Station for Research, Inc. — Oceanographic Laboratories of the 

 University of Washington — The Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti- 

 tution — Bingham Oceanographic Foundation and the Sears Founda- 

 tion for Marine Research at Yale University — University of Rhode 

 Island — Harvard University — Brown University — Lamont Geo- 

 logical Observatory of Columbia University — Department of Mete- 

 orology and Applied Mathematics of New York University — 

 Cornell University — Chesapeake Bay Institute — University of 

 Miami Marine Laboratory — Department of Oceanography at the 

 Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas — Hancock Foun- 

 dation of the University of Southern California — Department of 

 Engineering, University of California, Berkeley — Oceanographic 

 Work of the Federal Government. 



