Walter Munk
Walter Heinrich Munk (October 19, 1917 – February 8, 2019) was an Austrian-born American physical oceanographer. He was professor of geophysics emeritus and held the Secretary of the Navy/Chief of Naval Operations Oceanography Chair at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He has won awards such as Alexander Agassiz Medal (1977), National Medal of Science (1985), William Bowie Medal (1989), Vetlesen Prize (1993), Kyoto Prize (1999) and Crafoord Prize (2010).
Munk was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary to a Jewish family. He was sent to a boys' preparatory school in upper New York state in 1932.[1]
Munk turned 100 in October 2017.[2] He died on February 8, 2019, at La Jolla, California. He was 101.[3]
Walter Munk Media
Project Mohole contracted with a consortium of oil companies to use their oil drillship CUSS I.
Munk used R/P FLIP to measure waves traveling across ocean basins.
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.
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presents the Crafoord Prize to Munk.
Loud and huge. And jumping. High.
References
- ↑ "Walter Munk". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved on 21 April 2014.
- ↑ "Walter Munk, known as the 'Einstein of the ocean,' has turned 100". October 19, 2017.
- ↑ "Obituary Notice: Walter Munk, World-Renowned Oceanographer, Revered Scientist". Scripps Institution of Oceanography. February 8, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
Other websites
- Walter Munk at National Academy of Sciences website
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