OCEANOGRAPHY EDUCATION AT THE 



UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL 



by 



Glenn H, Jung 

 U. S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. 



Oceanography was introduced at the United States Naval Postgraduate 

 School beginning in 1946 by Professor George Haltiner who introduced courses 

 in ocean waves and shallow water oceanography. The first professional 

 oceanographer to join the faculty was Professor J, B, Wickham in 1951. A 

 limited number of oceanography courses were introduced at this time as a 

 minor field of interest for meteorology students being educated to man the 

 Naval Weather Service billets for the Fleet. The number of courses offered 

 in oceanography expanded somewhat with the arrival of Professor Warren C. 

 Thompson in 1953. Professor Glenn H. Jung joined the faculty in 1958 to 

 complete the faculty in oceanography during phase I of the development re- 

 ported here, which occupies the period from 19^6-1961. Each of these fac- 

 ulty members had practical experience as service weather forecasters during 

 World War II. 



In this interval of time, courses had been developed to include: 

 Introduction to Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Shallow Water Oceanog- 

 raphy; Waves Forecasting (including laboratory); Oceanographic Factors 

 Affecting Underwater Sound; Sea Ice Forecasting (including laboratory); 

 and Oceanographic Factors Affecting Underwater Sound II, which included 

 thermal structure forecasting and a laboratory. The three courses for 

 which laboratory portions are indicated were developed in response to 

 particular sponsor requirements. By 1956, the Secretary of the Navy had 

 instructed the Naval Weather Service to be prepared to furnish forecasts 

 in those three indicated areas which are not normally covered in meteoro- 

 logical education. As a result of these directives, the courses developed 

 in the fields of wave forecasting, sea ice forecasting, and thermal struc- 

 ture forecasting appear to be unique in their laboratory applications to 

 particular Navy interests. I will return to these courses again in a later 

 section of this paper. 



The length of the educational programs for the Naval Weather Officer in 

 the then Department of Aerological Engineering varied from one to two years. 

 Certificates of Completion, Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Degrees 

 were awarded during this period to student officers varying in number from 

 28 in 1951 to 43 in 1961. Each officer had some education in oceanography 

 with students after 1958 having seven oceanography courses as a part of 

 their curricular program. 



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