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biologist
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gptkb:Columbia_University
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gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:William_Bowie_Medal
gptkb:Balzan_Prize
gptkb:Crafoord_Prize
gptkb:Alexander_Agassiz_Medal
gptkb:Vetlesen_Prize
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1917-10-19
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gptkb:Vienna
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gptkb:Austria
gptkb:United_States
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2019-02-08
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gptkb:La_Jolla,_California
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gptkb:Harald_Sverdrup
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gptkb:Scripps_Institution_of_Oceanography
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geophysics
oceanography
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Walter Heinrich Munk
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gptkbp:knownFor
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acoustic tomography of the ocean
work on ocean circulation
work on ocean waves
work on tides
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gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:United_States_National_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkb:U.S._Army_(World_War_II)
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gptkb:Austrian
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gptkb:Carl_Wunsch
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gptkb:Walter_Munk
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gptkb:Ocean_Acoustic_Tomography
gptkb:Wind,_Sea,_and_Swell:_Theory_of_Relations_for_Forecasting
The Rotation of the Earth: A Geophysical Discussion
Abyssal Mixing: Where and How Much?
Abyssal recipes
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gptkb:La_Jolla,_California
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gptkb:Judith_Horton_Munk
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gptkb:Munk_Laboratory_at_Scripps_Institution_of_Oceanography
gptkb:Walter_Munk_Foundation_for_the_Oceans
Munk Medal (named in his honor)
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