Carl Wunsch
Carl Wunsch · Science & Medicine
Physical oceanographer who co-invented ocean acoustic tomography and advanced ocean circulation studies
1941, New York City, USA
United States
Carl Wunsch is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physical oceanographer who co-invented ocean acoustic tomography and advanced ocean circulation studies
Carl Wunsch is an American physical oceanographer, longtime professor at MIT, who co-developed ocean acoustic tomography—using sound travel times to map the interior of the ocean—and pioneered the use of inverse methods to reconstruct large-scale ocean circulation and its role in climate. His work is foundational to modern quantitative oceanography. He was born in New York to a Jewish family and is Jewish.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
Physical oceanographer who co-invented ocean acoustic tomography and advanced ocean circulation studies
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
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