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October 5th, 2024
- Join us for Walter Munk Day ~ Celebrate Our Oceans on October 5th, 2024! Sign up for walter Munk day free! Walter Munk Day Celebrate Our Oceans The annual Walter Munk Day celebration honors Walter’s 80-year legacy of daring exploration and discovery through scientific research, education and ocean conservation.
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The annual Walter Munk Day celebration honors Walter’s 80-year legacy of daring exploration and discovery through scientific research, education and ocean conservation. The purpose of this event is to raise awareness of the fragility of our oceans and showcase Kumeyaay Heritage and Culture.
- Documentary: Munkiana, a Field Journal
The Mobula munkiana, affectionately known as Munk’s devil...
- Legacy
Walter’s pioneering contributions to physical oceanography...
- Science
Walter Munk Day Conservation Ocean Conservation. Mobula...
- Volunteer
Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans. 2120 Vallecitos, Unit...
- Contact
Walter Munk Day Folder: Conservation. Back. Ocean...
- About
Through the Foundation, Walter Munk established partnerships...
- Donate
The Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans is a 501(c)(3) and...
- Musical Journeys
Walter Munk Day Folder: Conservation. Back. Ocean...
- The Map
THE MAP® opened on October 19, 2020 in honor of Walter...
- Documentary: Munkiana, a Field Journal
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Walter Heinrich Munk (October 19, 1917 – February 8, 2019) was an American physical oceanographer. He was one of the first scientists to bring statistical methods to the analysis of oceanographic data.
Walter Munk (born October 19, 1917, Vienna, Austria—died February 8, 2019, San Diego, California, U.S.) was an Austrian-born American oceanographer whose pioneering studies of ocean currents and wave propagation laid the foundations for contemporary oceanography.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Walter’s pioneering contributions to physical oceanography and geophysics advanced the science and understanding of ocean waves, wind-driven ocean gyres, deep-sea tides, internal waves, the rotation of the earth, ocean acoustics, and geophysical data analysis. Walter Munk was born on October 19, 1917 in Vienna, Austria.
Feb 8, 2019 · Walter Munk, who gave the Allies a strategic edge in World War II, helped nurture a university into existence, and became a living synonym for oceanography, died February 8 at his home in La Jolla, Calif.
Aug 24, 2015 · From forecasting ocean waves in World War II to using underwater sound to measure climate change, Walter Munk has spent nearly eight decades taking on timely problems.