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Walter Munk

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American oceanographer (1917-2019)

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Walter Heinrich Munk was an American physical oceanographer. He was one of the first scientists to bring statistical methods to the analysis of oceanographic data.

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Project Mohole contracted with a consortium of oil companies to use their oil drillship CUSS I.[31]Project Mohole contracted with a consortium of oil companies to use their oil drillship CUSS I.[31]Munk used R/P FLIP to measure waves traveling across ocean basins.[36]Munk used R/P FLIP to measure waves traveling across ocean basins.[36]Ocean topography (see scale) and some paths traveled by sound waves during the 1991 Heard Island Feasibility Test.Ocean topography (see scale) and some paths traveled by sound waves during the 1991 Heard Island Feasibility Test.Munk in Stockholm in 2010 to accept the Crafoord Prize.Munk in Stockholm in 2010 to accept the Crafoord Prize.Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presents the Crafoord Prize to Munk.Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presents the Crafoord Prize to Munk.Munk's devil ray.Munk's devil ray.

Awards 18

2010Crafoord Prize in Geosciences
1999Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
1993Vetlesen Prize
1989William Bowie Medal
1986Royal Society Bakerian Medal
1983National Medal of Science
1978Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award
1976Alexander Agassiz Medal
1976Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1976Maurice Ewing Medal
1970Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
1968Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
1966Sverdrup Gold Medal Award
1965Arthur L. Day Medal
1964Golden Plate Award
1962Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
1948Guggenheim Fellowship
Royal Society Bakerian Medal

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Claude AllègreAlso won Crafoord Prize in GeosciencesMojib LatifAlso won Sverdrup Gold Medal AwardCharles David KeelingAlso won Maurice Ewing MedalMax Wilhelm Carl WeberAlso won Alexander Agassiz MedalElliott H. LiebAlso won Kyoto Prize in Basic SciencesCarver MeadAlso won Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award

About this person

Walter Heinrich Munk was an American physical oceanographer. He was one of the first scientists to bring statistical methods to the analysis of oceanographic data. Munk worked on a wide range of topics, including surface waves, geophysical implications of variations in the Earth's rotation, tides, internal waves, deep-ocean drilling into the sea floor, acoustical measurements of ocean properties, sea level rise, and climate change. His work won awards including the National Medal of Science, the Kyoto Prize, and induction to the French Legion of Honour.

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Country
United States
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Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2019 · aged 101
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18 languages

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