Naval Postgraduate School Research. Volume 14, Number 1, February 2004

Abstract

This issue of Naval Postgraduate School Research focuses on meteorology. The school's Department of Meteorology is internationally recognized for its outstanding record of research and instruction. Perhaps less known is the important role the Department is playing in addressing and solving key meteorological challenges facing the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense. The mastery of the Battlespace Atmospheric Environment is a necessary component for the successful implementation of SEA POWER 21. This article presents a review of some of the unique and valuable efforts undertaken by the faculty and students within the Department in support of SEA POWER 21. Readers are asked to consider the diverse ways in which atmospheric processes and phenomena impact military and naval operations. Weather challenges take on many forms as the U.S. military defends this nation. The impact of major storms on military operations is well known. In December 1944 during World War II, Typhoon Cobra struck the Pacific Fleet, which was operating in support of the invasion of the Philippines. Three ships were lost with practically all hands, 28 other ships sustained serious damage, and 790 officers and sailors were lost. During the same year, military planners found weather, ocean, and tidal conditions were the key elements in determining the day and time of the largest amphibious operation in history, the Normandy D-Day invasion. In the recent Operation Iraqi Freedom, the fierce sandstorm of March 25-27 brought military operations to a near standstill. The main article in this issue is "The Naval Postgraduate School's Department of Meteorology Addresses the Critical Role of Atmospheric Sciences for Sea Power 21 and National Security." The article is divided into three sections: "Meteorological Requirements and Contributions to Sea Strike," "Role of Weather in Sea Basing and Dominant Maneuver," and "Atmospheric Impacts on Sea Shield."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA425586

Entities

People

  • Carlyle H. Wash

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Engineers
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Recreation
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.