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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 1983 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his unique contributions to the sciences of the geophysics and physical oceanography which have led to a better understanding of the earth's rotation, the complexities of ocean waves, tidal processes and acoustic propagation.", Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on February 27, 1985.
  • 1965 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1965 - Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America
  • 1962 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1962 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1956 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1953 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1948 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Walter Munk was affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Throughout their career, they made contributions to geophysics and physical oceanography, particularly related to earth's rotation, ocean waves, tidal processes, and acoustic propagation.

Their scientific work earned several recognitions and memberships in distinguished organizations. Walter Munk was a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1956 and held fellowships with the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1948, 1953, and 1962. They became a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 1962, and also received fellowship status from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1965. Furthermore, they were recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, although the specific year is not documented.

Among the awards Walter Munk received was the Arthur L. Day Medal from The Geological Society of America in 1965. In 1983, they were honored with the US President's National Medal of Science for unique contributions advancing the understanding of earth's physical phenomena, with the award presented by President Reagan in 1985. Later in their career, in 2007, they were named a Member of the European Academy of Sciences.

No records of Walter Munk's recent papers, co-authors, frequent publication venues, book publishers, specific fields or subfields of study, or detailed main topics of work were provided from the available dataset.

Best Publications

  • Measurement of the Roughness of the Sea Surface from Photographs of the Sun’s Glitter

    Charles Cox;Walter Munk

  • Abyssal recipes II: energetics of tidal and wind mixing

    Walter Munk;Carl Wunsch

  • The rotation of the earth

    Walter H. Munk;Gordon J. F. Macdonald;E. J. Öpik

  • Space-Time Scales of Internal Waves' A Progress Report

    Christopher Garrett;Walter Munk

  • ON THE WIND-DRIVEN OCEAN CIRCULATION

    Walter H. Munk

  • Space-Time scales of internal waves

    Christopher Garrett;Walter Munk

  • Ocean Acoustic Tomography

    Walter Munk;Peter Worcester

  • Ocean Acoustic Tomography

    Walter Munk;Peter Worcester;Carl Wunsch;James F. Lynch

  • Ocean acoustic tomography: a scheme for large scale monitoring

    Walter Munk;Carl Wunsch

  • Tidal Spectroscopy and Prediction

    Walter Heinrich Munk;David Edgar Cartwright

  • INTERNAL WAVES IN THE OCEAN

    C. Garrett;W. Munk

  • Notes on a theory of the thermocline

    W. H. Munk;E. R. Anderson

  • The rotation of the earth: a geophysical discussion.

    W. H. Munk;G. J. F. MacDonald

  • Ocean Acoustic Tomograpthy: Notation

    Walter Munk;Peter Worcester;Carl Wunsch

  • Propagation of ocean swell across the Pacific

    F. E. Snodgrass;G. W. Groves;Klaus F. Hasselmann;G. R. Miller

  • Wind, sea, and swell : Theory of relations for forecasting

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  • THE SOLITARY WAVE THEORY AND ITS APPLICATION TO SURF PROBLEMS

    Walter H. Munk

  • Wind, sea, and swell : Theory of relations for forecasting

    H. U. Sversrup;Walter H. Munk

  • Spirals on the sea

    Walter Munk;Laurence Armi;Kenneth Fischer;F. Zachariasen

  • Absorption of nutrients by aquatic plants

    W. H. Munk;G. A. Riley

  • Bispectra of ocean waves

    Klaus Hasselmann;Walter Munk;G.J.F. MacDonald

  • Sound channel in an exponentially stratified ocean, with application to SOFAR

    Walter H. Munk

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter F. Worcester
Peter F. Worcester University of California, San Diego
Carl Wunsch
Carl Wunsch Harvard University
Bruce D. Cornuelle
Bruce D. Cornuelle University of California, San Diego
Bruce M. Howe
Bruce M. Howe University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dimitris Menemenlis
Dimitris Menemenlis California Institute of Technology
Chris Garrett
Chris Garrett University of Victoria
Daniel L. Rudnick
Daniel L. Rudnick Scripps Institution of Oceanography
John A. Orcutt
John A. Orcutt University of California, San Diego
Daniel P. Costa
Daniel P. Costa University of California, Santa Cruz
Detlef Stammer
Detlef Stammer Universität Hamburg

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