NPS vita for Mary L. Batteen

Mary L. Batteen: Professor
Mail Code: OC/Bv
Department of Oceanography
Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 831-656-3265
Email: batteen (at) nps.edu
Web: www.oc.nps.navy.mil/~batteen/

EDUCATION:: PhD - Oregon State University, 1984
Atmospheric Sciences
MS - Old Dominion University, 1976
Oceanography
BA - St John's College, 1973
Mathematics and Philosophy (Unique Liberal Arts Curriculum in which the Great Books were a cornerstone)

NPS EXPERIENCE:

• 2001-2008 Chair of Department of Oceanography
2005-present Professor
1998-2001 Associate Chair for Academic Affairs
1996-2008 Academic Associate for the 440 (Oceanography)and 374 (Operational Oceanography) Curricula at NPS
1996-2001 Academic Associate for the 373 (Meteorology and Physical Oceanography) Curricula at NPS
1989-2005 Associate Professor
1986-1989 Assistant Professor
1985-1986 Adjunct Professor

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

1980-1984 Graduate Research Assistant at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
1978-1980 Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant at the Climatic Research Institute and the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University

TEACHING INTERESTS:

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Modeling of Currents off Southern Australia including the Flinders Current
Modeling of Eastern Boundary Currents including the California, Canary, Peru-Chile, and the anomalous Leeuwin Current System
Sensitivity of Navy Regional Models to Nested High-Resolution Atmospheric Models
Coupling of Global and Regional Models for High Spatial/Temporal Coastal Ocean Domains
USW (Undersea Warfare) Area Analogues
Effect of Salinity on Density
General Ocean Modeling

AWARDS:

1968 Early admission to the University of California (Started Senior Year of High School)
1969 Who’s Who among High School Students
1972 Poetry Prize for Best Original Poem, St. John’s College
1975 Old Dominion University Outstanding Performance Award in Oceanography 1980-present PHI KAPPA PHI Honor Society
1980-1984 NCAR Fellowship
1983 NSF Fellowship for International School of Physics, Italy
1984 NRC Research Associateship awarded by National Academy of Sciences
1985 Who’s Who in the West
1985 NSF Fellowship for NATO ASI Workshop, France
1988 Visiting Fellowship, University of Western Australia
1989 Federal Women’s Program Employee of the Year Nominee
1989 Dept. of Oceanography Mesinger Award Nominee
1989 NPS Performance Bonus Award
1990 Dept. of Oceanography Mesinger Award Nominee
1990 NPS Performance Bonus Award
1992 NPS Performance Bonus Award
1992 Dept. of Oceanography Outstanding Teaching Performance Award
1998 NSF Fellowship for U.S.A.-Australia Bilateral Workshop
1998-2001 As Associate Chair of Academic Affairs not eligible for Dept. Teaching Awards
2001-present As Chair, not eligible for Dept. awards
2005 NPS Top 5% in Teaching Excellence at NPS award
2008 GSEAS Award for Dedicated Service as a Department Chair from 2001-2008
2008 Who’s Who in America (to be published in 2010 edition)

BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS:

American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
2001-2008 NPS Consortium on Ocean Research and Education (CORE) Representative
2001-2008 Alternate Governor, Monterey Bay Consortium for CORE
2001-2008 NPS Monterey Bay Crescent Ocean Research Consortium (MBCORC) Representative
2001-2008 NPS University-National Oceanographic Laboratory Systems (UNOLS) Representatve

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: (View an extended list)

Batteen, M.L., Miller, H.A., 2009: Process-oriented modeling studies of the 5500-km-long boundary flow off western and southern Australia, Continental Shelf Research (2008), doi:10.1016/j.csr.11.011.
Batteen, M. L., Stanton, T. P., Maslowski, W. 2009. Climate Change and Sustainability: Connecting Atmospheric, Ocean and Climate Science with Public Literacy. Forum on Public policy Online, Summer 2008 edition (January 2009). http:// forumonpublicpolicy.com/summer08papers/archivesummer08/Batteen.pdf.
Batteen, M.L., R.A. Kennedy, and H.A. Miller, 2007: A Process-Oriented Numerical Study of the Currents, Eddies and Meanders in the Leeuwin Current System, Deep-Sea Research II, 54, 859-883.
Batteen, M.L., A.S. Martinho, H.A. Miller, and J.L. McClean, 2007: A Process-Oriented Modelling Study of the Coastal Canary Current and Iberian Current System, Ocean Modelling 18, 1-36.
Martinho, A.S. and M.L. Batteen, 2006: On Reducing the Slope Parameter in Terrain-Following Numerical Ocean Models, Ocean Modelling 13, 166-175.

KEYWORDS/TECHNOLOGIES:

Keywords: Coastal Circulation, Eastern Boundary Currents, Numerical Modeling, Littoral Circulation, Leeuwin Current System, Canary Curent System, Southern Australia, Flinders Current