Walter Munk
Walter Munk · Science & Medicine
Physical oceanographer who co-invented ocean acoustic tomography and advanced ocean and tidal science
1917, Vienna, Austria-Hungary — 2019, La Jolla, California, United States
Austria · United States
Walter Munk is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physical oceanographer who co-invented ocean acoustic tomography and advanced ocean and tidal science
Munk was a physical oceanographer at Scripps who transformed the study of ocean waves, tides and currents, forecasting wave conditions for wartime amphibious landings and co-inventing ocean acoustic tomography to probe the deep sea and monitor climate. He was born into a Jewish family in Vienna and emigrated to the United States.
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Physical oceanographer who co-invented ocean acoustic tomography and advanced ocean and tidal science
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science
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