Walter Munk Legacy Celebration

A symposium honoring the science of Walter Munk

October 17, 2019
Scripps Seaside Forum, La Jolla, Calif.

Speakers

  • D. James Baker
  • Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, USN, Retired, NOAA
  • Christopher Garrett, University of Victoria
  • Richard Garwin, Jason Advisory Group
  • Sarah Gille, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
  • Mike Gregg, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
  • Klaus Hasselmann,Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
  • Myrl Hendershott, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
  • Ola M. Johannessen, Nansen Scientific Society, Norway
  • Margaret Leinen, Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, UC San Diego and Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  • Jennifer MacKinnon, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
  • Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • John Orcutt, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
  • Robert Pinkel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
  • Admiral John M. Richardson, USN, Retired
  • Robert Spindel, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
  • Carl Wunsch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Agenda

 

Pradeep K. Khosla, Chancellor, UC San Diego and
Margaret Leinen,
Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, UC San Diego and Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Welcome

Carl Wunsch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Walter’s Background and Early Career (presentation)

Ola M. Johannessen, Nansen Scientific Society, Norway and Klaus Hasselmann, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Munk and Sverdrup, Heroes in Oceanography (presentation)

 

Sarah Gille, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Wind-Driven Ocean Circulation (presentation)

Margaret Leinen, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
The MOHOLE Project and Ocean Drilling (presentation)

Myrl Hendershott, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Deep Sea Tides (presentation) 
Mike Gregg, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
Ocean Mixing (presentation)

Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Let the Moon Sweep the Lagoon: Walter and Venice (presentation)

Christopher Garrett, University of Victoria (remote) and Robert Pinkel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Internal Waves (presentation)

Jennifer MacKinnon, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Internal Tides (presentation)

Robert Spindel, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
Ocean Acoustics Tomography and Ocean Acoustics (presentation)

Richard Garwin, Jason Advisory Group
National Security and Jason (presentation)

D. James Baker
National Security and MEDEA (presentation)

John Orcutt, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (presentation)

Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, USN, Retired, NOAA
Tribute to Walter Munk (presentation)

Admiral John M. Richardson, USN, Retired
Walter Munk and the U.S. Navy