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Seventy Years of Exploration in Oceanography

A Prolonged Weekend Discussion with Walter Munk

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Hans Storch

    1. Institute of Coastal Research, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany
      Center of Excellence CLISAP, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  2. Klaus Hasselmann

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany

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  • Provides many key issues such as ocean wave prediction and ocean acoustic thermography

  • Biography of one of the leading scientists in the field

  • Science history overview 1940-2010

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Waves and Wave Spectra

    Pages 1-10

  3. Coming to America

    Pages 11-23

  4. Bikini (1946) and Eniwetok (1951)

    Pages 25-31

  5. Settling Down at Scripps

    Pages 33-34

  6. From Waves to Tides 1958–1968

    Pages 35-37

  7. Deep Sea Tides 1964–2000

    Pages 39-45

  8. Internal Waves 1971–1981

    Pages 47-50

  9. Ocean Acoustics 1974–Present

    Pages 51-66

  10. Mohole 1957–1964

    Pages 67-70

  11. The Wobbling Earth 1950–1960

    Pages 71-74

  12. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) 1962–Present

    Pages 75-89

  13. Navy

    Pages 91-97

  14. Finis

    Pages 99-102

  15. Epilogue

    Pages 103-103

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 105-137
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About this book

It all began with Markus Jochum approaching one of us (HvS) – “when you guys are doing interviews with senior scientists from oceanography and related sciences, why are you not doing Walter Munk?” Indeed, why not? Walter Munk, an icon in oceanography, had just given a wonderful talk in a symposium in honor of his 90th birthday, sweeping a grand circle from his earliest work with Chip Cox on airborne measurements of ocean surface roughness to the latest satellite data – not simply a review, but the struggle of an active scientist opening up new perspectives – as inspiring and stimulating as when one of us (KH) rst met him at the Ocean Waves Conference in Easton in 1961 (Fig. I. 1). Walter immediately agreed to share with us his recollections on the nearly seventy years of his path-breaking contributions in a sheer amazing range of topics, from ocean waves, internal waves, ocean currents, tides, tsunamis, sea level, microseisms and the rotation of the earth to ocean acoustic tomography. With “you guys” Markus was referring to HvS and the various partners HvS had 1 invited to join him in conducting a series of interviews of retired colleagues.

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“It is … a joyful romp through the history of oceanography that will appeal to both those in the field and those curious about it—touching not just on oceanography, but Earth sciences in general. … So my recommendation is: Go ahead, get to know Walter. You’ll be glad you did.” (Jerome A. Smith, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, December, 2011)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Coastal Research, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany

    Hans Storch

  • Center of Excellence CLISAP, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Hans Storch

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany

    Klaus Hasselmann

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