Seventy Years of Exploration in Oceanography
Subtitle: A Prolonged Weekend Discussion with Walter Munk
By: by Hans Storch, Klaus Hasselmann
Contributors: Hasselmann, Klaus, 1931-; SpringerLink (Online service)
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9783642120862; 9783642120879
Subjects: Science; Geography; Physical geography; Oceanography; History
Description: The present volume documents an interview with the eminent oceanographer and geophysicist Walter Munk, who is one of the "grand old men" of oceanography. The book covers many key issues, such as ocean-wave prediction, ocean acoustic thermography. As a highly prominent scientist who has influenced many present day key oceanographers, Munk's career covers 70 years of practice, beginning about 1940 and continuing to the present.