Walter Munk Papers
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
BIOGRAPHICAL
Walter Munk Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) security clearance files
SIO Archivist memo 2001
Army FOIA documents
Defense Investigative Service FOIA documents
Department of Justice - INS FOIA documents
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) FOIA documents
FBI - San Diego, FOIA documents
Navy FOIA documents
Columbia University transcript 1937
Announcement of the final examination for the PhD of Walter Munk, UC Graduate Division, Southern Section 1946
Annual supplement to UC bio-bibliography forms 1947-1995
Academic appointment and recruitment correspondence 1954-1968
Autobiographical statements for McGraw Hill 1966-1979
List of Walter Munk's talks and lectures 1968-1982
"The music of the tides" - Profile on Munk and deep sea capsule research by unidentified author ca. 1968
Oral history transcript with corrections - Interview by Robert Calvert, Texas A & M University 1976
Short interviews and profiles ca. 1980
Clippings and publicity ca. 1980-1993
Memo from Claude ZoBell to Betty Shor re: Munk's claim to be sole SIO 1939-47 graduate student 1980 March 20
65th birthday - "The luck of Walter Munk, " essay by Roger Revelle 1982
65th birthday - Correspondence 1982
"Walter Munk and his 3-D ocean" - Draft profile on Munk by unidentified author ca. 1984
Dept. of Defense questionnaire 1992
75th birthday party - Invitation 1992
75th birthday - "The Still Cresting Wave" poster 1992
80th birthday - Cards 1997
80th birthday, Celebration in Geophysics and Oceanography materials; and 90th birthday program 1997, 2007
Bibliography, including tomography contributions 1999
90th birthday poster-sized card 2007
Awards and Recognition
Miscellaneous awards and certificates 1945-1994
Miscellaneous awards and certificates - Oversize
California Scientist of the Year 1969
University of Bergen honorary doctorate 1975
Maurice Ewing Award 1976
U.S. Navy Captain Conrad Award for Scientific Achievement 1978
Fulbright Award, Cambridge University - Sabbatical 1980-1981
National Medal of Science 1985
National Medal of Science - Correspondence 1985
William Bowie Medal, with remarks 1989
Vetlesen Award 1993
ARCS Scientist of the Year Award and talk 1993
Inamori Foundation Kyoto Prize - Schedules, ephemera and notes 1999
Inamori Foundation Kyoto Prize - Correspondence 1998-2000
Inamori Foundation Kyoto Prize - Photographs 1999
CORRESPONDENCE
Alphabetical (A-Z)
Abelson, Philip 1985
Acoustical Oceanography Group 1990-1991
Acoustical Society of America 1975
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) ca.1960
American Academy of Arts and Science 1971-1980
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Consortium of Affiliates for International Programs (CAIP) 1985
American Geophysical Union (AGU) - General correspondence 1965-1988
AGU - Nomination of John Orcutt for M. Ewing Medal 1993
American Meteorological Society 1970, 1994
American Philosophical Society 1963-1983
Anastasion, Steven N. (re: Doherty Lecture) 1989
Annual review of Earth and Planetary Sciences editorial board re: Henry Stommel Anniversary Volume 1978-1980
Arrhenius, Gustaf 1968, 1973
Asmus, John 1963-1978
Backus, George 1966-1995
Baker, James 1990-1996
Baker, Mark 1982-1985
Barger, James E. 1978-1982
Barnett, Tim 1983-1985
Bates, Charles (Naval Oceanographic Office) 1968
Beebe, Mary (Stuart Collection and Committee on External Art) 1983-1986
Bennett, Andrew and David Cartwright 1983
Bezdek, Hugo 1982-1990
Birch Aquarium 2000-2001
Bradner, Hugh 1971-1982
Brown, Michael 1978-1996
Brunno, Franco (cousin of Walter Munk) 1987-1991
Bullard, Edward 1967-1980
California Institute of Technology 1966
Cambridge University Press re: Edits to new edition of The Rotation of the Earth 1974-1975
Campbell, William re: Nelly Mognard 1982
Carrier, George 1954-1973
Charnock, Henry re: Wave forecasting with Sverdrup 1976-1986
Committee on Climate Change and the Ocean (CCCO) 1989
Cook, A. H. re: Commemorative service for Sir Edward Bullard 1980
Cosmos Club 1977-1993
CSIRO, Australia 1981-1982
Dashen, Roger re: Joint U.S.-Canadian experiment on SAR imaging on Georgia Strait 1983
Day, Deborah re: Edits to Day's account of Roger Revelle 1984
deGroot-Hedlin, Catherine 1993
Doel, Ron re: Munk oral history 1998
Dworski, George 1990-1994
Eckart, Carl - Retirement, memorial and estate 1969-1974
Emery, W. J. 1982-1984
Fisher, Robert re: Roger Revelle 1991
Flatté, Stanley M. re: Fluctuations of Sound Transmission in the Sea 1975
Fofonoff, Nicholas 1970
Forbes, Andrew 1989-1996
Gaffney, Paul G. 2000
Gagosian, Richard re: Henry Stommel Medal 1999
Gardner, David Pierpont 1985
Garrett, Christopher 1975-1992
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (editorial board, editor Paul Roberts) 1976-1978
Georges, T. M. (Wave Propagation Lab, NOAA) 1987
Georgevic, Robert 1979
Gill, Adrian 1982-1988
Godfrey, Stuart and Elizabeth 1984
Goldberg, Ed 1980-1987
Green, Cecil 1960-1980
Green Foundation 1982-1985
Green Foundation 1986-1989
Groves, Gordon 1964-1983
Guggenheim Fellowship 1947-1952
Hackett, Edward (NSF, re: Rainger's Revelle proposal) 1996
Hall, Anita 1983
Hasselman, Klaus (Max-Planck Institut) 1980-1992
Hitch, Charles 1969-1971
Hollister, Charles 1986
Huppert, Herbert E. (re: Australia National University) 1991
Isaacs, Mary Carol (re: John Dove Isaacs Chair in Natural Philosophy and AMSOC award) 1982-1983
JASON 1974-1983
JASON 1984-2001
Jones, James 1983
Keeling, Ralph 1999
Kennedy, John and Timothy Shriver 1975
Kennel, Charles 1998-2005
Kerr, Clark 1959-1996
Keynes, Richard O. 1992
Knox, Robert 1985-1986
Kvammen, Ken (re: Han Li Mao) 1998
LaFond, Eugene (re: Exodus and red sea tides) 1972
Lancaster, Justin 1981-1994
Lazier, John (re: plankton distribution) 1988-1989
Ledwell, Jim 1999
Loder, Anthony c/o Peter Y. Hong, Los Angeles Times re: Hedy Lamarr 1997
Luther, Douglas 2001
Mandelbrot, Benoit B. 1975
Marine Technology Society 1978-1985
Marqueze, R. (French Syndicate, America's Cup) 1994
McKisic, Mike 1985
Mikolajewics, Uwe (ATOC) 1990-1995
Miles, John 1982-1994
Miller, Jack C. 1977-1984
Moncur, Rex (Director, Antarctic Division) 1989
Moore, Dennis 1968-1970
Morawitz, Werner 1989-1995
Most, Nathan 1995
Munk, Alfred Otto (brother) re: James Schlesinger 2000
Murray, Bruce 1982
National Academy of Sciences re: "Ocean Engineering in the Federal Government" report review 1980
National Science Board re: Roger Revelle receiving Vannevar Bush Award 1984
Naval Underwater Systems Center, New London, CT 1979
Nierenberg, William A. 1968-1993
Nystuen, Jeffrey A. 1982-1989
O'Conner, John 1983
Patrinos, Aristides 1991-1992
Penner, Sol 1968
Phi Beta Kappa 1988
Planeix, J.M. re: ISSC '88 meeting 1987
Pleass, Charles M. 1976-1977
Powers, Dennis 1993
President's Committee on the National Medal of Science 1995
Press, Frank 1959-1977
Radok, Rainer 1965-1976
Raleigh, Barry re: Continental Margins Workshop 1987
Rausing, Hans 1999
Rehder, Harald (Smithsonian Institution) 1970
Revelle, Roger 1942-1991
Romm, Joseph 1984-1987
Rossby, H. Thomas 1975
Royal Astronomical Society, London 1983
Runcorn, S. Keith 1963-1969
The Royal Society, London 1976-1980
Ryan, Paul (ed. Oceanus) 1984
San Diego Museum of Man 1971
Sanford, Thomas B. 1984
Savit, Carl H. 1988
Schauer, Charles and Peggy 1979
Send, Uwe 1995-1996
Shrock, Robert re: "Spring Stirring" diorite by D. Hord 1985
Singer, S. Fred re: Revelle Cosmos controversy 1992, 1999
Società Italiana di Fisica 1979
Spiess, Fred 1985-1987
Sproul, Robert G. 1953-1956
Stevens, Raymond 1979
Stewart, R. W., Symposium in honor of - Planning 1990
Stewart, Robert H. 1975-1989
Stommel, Henry 1947-1993
Stommel Memorial Fund 1994-1995
Sverdrup, Harald 1948-1957
Sverdrup family 1958-1980
Taufa' ahau Tupou IV, Tonga 1993
Texas A & M University 1982-1983
Thursday Club 1986-1987
Tukey, John 1959-1966, 1985
Twelve-Thirty Club of La Jolla 1986
UC San Diego Chancellor correspondence 1967-2006
U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Oceanography 1983
U.S. Navy and Medea 1984
U.S. Navy. Defense Science Board of ASW 1980, 1990
U.S. Navy. Naval Research Advisory Committee, Ocean Science and Technology Task Force 1979-1981
U.S. Navy. Naval Research Advisory Committee, Visiting Committee 1995-1997
U.S. Navy. ONR correspondence 1975-1979
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research 1984
University of Alaska, Fairbanks - Chapman Lecture 1994
Wadhams, Peter 1988-1992
Wallich, Henry C. 1979
Washburn, Wilcomb E. re: Revelle/Singer Cosmos controversy, and Cosmos Club 1995
Welander, Pierre 1958-1971
Weiss, Ray 1988
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Oceanic Division 1967-1979
Whitcomb, James H. (ISTAC, Inc.) re: seafloor positioning 1984-1985
Wimbush, Mark 1969-1976
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1966-1973
Woods, John
Wynn, Walter 1977-1984
Wyrtki, Klaus re: sea level data and Chandler wobble 1986
Yunwu, Li (VP, Institute of Oceanographic Instrumentation, National Bureau of Oceanography, China) 1982
Zetler, Bernard 1961-1991
Chronological
1963, 1968-1979
1980 January-June
1980 July-1982 August
1982 September-1984 October
1984 November-1986 June
1986 July-1988 February
1988 March-1990 June
1990 July-1992 June
1992 July-2001
WAVE FORECASTING
SIO Wave Project
Program for wave measurements proposed by Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Woods Hole - Proposal, memoranda, etc. 1943-1944
Growth of wind waves - Figures
Wind, Waves and Swell (index and parts A-E, incomplete)
Indices to SIO Wave Project reports
Vol. 2, Report 13. Waves in shallow water
Vol. 2, Report 9. The transformation of waves in shallow water
Vol. 2, Reports 16 and 17. Waves in shallow water
Vol. 2, Report 27. Observed changes in wave heights from deep to shallow water
Vol. 2, Report 8. Height of breakers and depth at breaking: Preliminary report on results obtained at La Jolla and comparison with South Beach data and B.E.B tank results
Vol. 2, Report 47. Height of breakers and depth of breaking: A re-examination of all available field and laboratory data
Vol. 2, Report 6. Transformation of waves in shallow water: Theoretical aspect
Vol. 2, Report 7. Discussion of wave observations: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, February 21 1944, Munk and Edmondson
Vol. 2, Report 14. Transformation of waves in shallow water, part 2: Breaking of waves on gently sloping beaches
Vol. 2, Report 43. New instructions for use of Plate III, H.O. 234
Vol. 2, Report 49. Supplement to Breakers and Surf: Principles of forecasting
Volume 4: Depth Determination - Index and parts A-R
Volume 5: Instruments and Observations - Index and parts 1A-7A
Volume 5: Instruments and Observations (index and parts 8A-9A)
Volume 6: Refraction, Diffraction, Laboratory: Landing Craft Characteristics
Volume 7: Sea and Swell Codes, Miscellany (index and parts 1-11)
Confidential papers issued to Navy classes in sea and swell forecasting (index and parts A-Q, incomplete) 1945
Memorandum on a permanent swell recorder station at the Scripps Institution 1945, 1948
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Reports
Photographic method for the measurements of surf (preliminary report) 1944 December 1
Photographs of surf taken simultaneously from the ground and from the air during November and December 1944 1945 January 10
Aerial photographs of measured surf conditions 1945 February 1
Photographs of surf taken simultaneously from the ground and from the air during February 1945 1945 March 15
Photographic illustrations of the Steere Surf Code 1945 April 15
Steere Surf Code - Photographic plates 1-50 1945 April 15
Steere Surf Code - Photographic plates 51-115 1945 April 15
Photographs
Beach scenes - Setting up measuring stations, landing vehicles, etc. ca. 1939-1948
Gifford Ewing - Aerial shots of breaking waves, impulsive trains, and the sea surface
Beach breakers, primarily La Jolla ca. 1945-1947
LCVP landing craft training 1944 June
Air at sea surface
Aerial shots of bays 1945
Oregon coastline 1945
Farallon Islands, aerial views 1945
Aerial views of Redondo Beach
Aerial views of La Jolla coastline 1944-1945
Aerial views of La Jolla coastline, taken by or for Sverdrup 1944 October 6
Aerial views, miscellaneous 1944-1946
Aerial views of coastlines with submarine ridges 1944-1946
Aerial views of wave refraction on beaches and headlands 1944-1945
Panorama double-print of the SIO pier from directly above 1944 June 2
WRITINGS AND TALKS
Increase in the period of waves traveling over large distances: With applications to tsunamis, swell, and seismic surface waves - Dissertation for degree Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Oceanography 1946 October
Harald Ulrik Sverdrup: An appreciation / In memoriam 1948, 1957
Munk, Pierson, and Arthur. Convergence of wave energy along a refracted ray 1950
Munk and Gordon Groves. A note on decompression for Aqua-lung divers ca. 1951
Technical report ONRL-94-54. Oceanographic and Earth's Interior Program at the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics meeting, Rome, Italy 1954 October 22
Munk, Miller, Snodgrass and Barber. Directional recording of swell from distant storms 1963
Munk and Cartwright. Tidal spectroscopy and prediction (photocopy with annotations) 1966
Eulogy for Donal Hord 1966 July
Low-frequency tail of the ocean wave spectrum (abstract). Presented at 6th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Washington, D.C. 1966 September-October
"Variability and prediction," lecture presented in Seattle, WA 1968 January
Ocean tides and waves (abstract). Paper presented at UC Centennial Symposium on Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 1968 February 1
AGU Bowie Medal citation for Roger Revelle 1968 April
Munk, Snodgrass and Wimbush. Tides off-shore: Transition from California coastal to deep-sea waters - Figures and data 1968-1970
Waves and turbulence ca. 1970
Deep-sea tides (abstract). Presented at 8th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Rome, Italy 1970 August
Concluding remarks and abstract, Joint Oceanographic Assembly on Physical Oceanography, Tokyo, Japan 1970 September
Garrett, Christopher and Munk. Space-time scales of internal waves - Draft and related correspondence 1970-1972
Garrett, Christopher and Munk. Space-time scales of internal waves - Data printouts (oversize) 1970-1972
Irish, Munk and Snodgrass. M₂ amphidrome in the Northeast Pacific 1971
Charney, J. and Munk. The applied physical sciences. Prepared for symposium in honor of John von Neumann on "The influence of the computer on science and learning," Princeton University 1971
On Columbus O'Donnell Iselin, published in Oceanus 1971 June
Turbulence in a stratified ocean. Proceedings of a symposium at UC San Diego 1971 July
Asmus, Wuerker, and Munk. Lasers and holography in art preservation and restoration 1972
Intermittent temperature and salinity inversions by internal wave straining and their role in double-diffusion 1972
Nierenberg and Munk. Sea spectra and radar scattering. Institute for Defense Analyses, JASON Summer Study Note N-817 1972 August
Morse, Andrews and Munk. Report on exploratory development programs in the ocean sciences (Navy SysComs report) 1973
Brown, Munk, Snodgrass and Zetler. Bottom pressures in the mode region 1973 August 3
Munk, Snodgrass and Zetler. Oceanography from the bottom up. Published in Naval Research Reviews 1973 September
Hendershott, Munk and Zetler. Ocean tides from SEASAT-A 1974
Citation for Sir Edward Bullard on receipt of the William Bowie medal 1974-1975
Spiess, Munk, Isaacs and Liebermann. Carl Eckart obituary 1974-1975
The painful task of measuring low-frequency geophysical processes with drifting instruments ("clock problems") ca. 1975
Cairns, Munk and Winant. On the dynamics of neutrally buoyant capsules: An experimental drop in Lake Tahoe 1975-1977
Oral testimony at Congressional hearings, Oceanography Subcommittee 1975 June 4
Munk and Worcester. Monitoring the ocean acoustically. Prepared for ONR's 30th anniversary publication, Science Perspectives 1976
Response to award of Maurice Ewing and Agassiz medals 1976 April
Munk and G. Williams. Acoustic oceanography 1976-1977
Revelle model for the CO₂ pulse associated with the industrial revolution 1977
Munk and Wunsch. Ocean acoustic tomography: A scheme for large scale monitoring 1977-1978
Garrett, Christopher and Munk. Internal waves in the ocean, for Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 1978
AIP volume dedication to Sir Edward Bullard 1978
Citation for Sir Edward Bullard on receipt of the Maurice Ewing Medal 1978
Sabbatical leave report - Australia; and oceanographic delegation sponsored by Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China (CSCPRC) 1978 November
Miscellaneous untitled lecture notes 1978-1979
Horizontal deflection of acoustic paths by mesoscale eddies 1979
Munk and Zetler. Tidal effects on long-range sound transmission - Correspondence and research notes 1979-1980
Joint venture to study ocean acoustic tomography. Presented at OARS workshop, Seattle, WA 1980 January
Internal wave spectra at the buoyant and inertial frequencies 1980
Internal wave spectra at the buoyant and inertial frequencies - Graphs and plots (oversize) 1980
Acoustics and ocean dynamics. Presented at Woods Hole Symposium on The Future of Oceanography 1980
Global noise/A state-switched acoustic source 1980-1981
Ocean acoustic tomography: Hybrid analysis using rays and normal modes 1981
Why is the Earth a poor timekeeper? Comments on The Earth's variable Rotation: Geophysical Courses and Consequences by Kurt Lambeck 1981-1982
Behringer, D. et al. A demonstration of ocean acoustic tomography 1981-1982
Munk and Wunsch. Observing the ocean in the 1990s 1982
Munk and Wunsch. Up/down resolution in ocean acoustic tomography 1982
Outline of Munk's IGPP retirement speech 1982
Dashen, Munk and Zachariasen. Letter to Andreassen and Harper (JASON document JSN-83-01) 1982 December
Dashen and Munk. Three models of global ocean noise 1982-1983
Dashen and Munk. Three models of global ocean noise - Data (oversize) 1982-1983
Munk and Wunsch. Ocean acoustic tomography: Rays and modes 1982-1983
Briefing on state of science and technology understanding ocean circulation 1983 April 15
Wave predictability: Short range and long range. Presented at Symposium on the Safety of Life Offshore, International Assoc. of Drilling Contractors (IADC), La Jolla 1983
Acoustic sources. Presentation at Workshop on Transducers for Acoustic Tomography, Woods Hole 1983 August
Talk on satellite observations given at International Ocean Technology Workshop, Nantucket Island 1984
Memo on Test-Ban Treaty to Frank Press, President National Academy of Sciences 1984 August 27
Cornuelle et al. Tomographic maps of the ocean mesoscale 1984
Munk and Wunsch. Biases and caustics in long-range acoustic tomography 1984-1985
Methods for exploring the large scale ocean turbulence. Prepared for Symposium on Perspectives in Fluid Dynamics in honor of Hans Liepmann, Cal Tech 1985
Munk et al. Planning for the Ocean Science and Technology Directorate (JASON document JSR-85-208) 1985 July
Introductory comments and rough transcript of oral history for ONR 40th Anniversary Symposium, Washington, D.C. 1985-1986
Munk, Revelle, Worcester and Zumberge. Strategy for future measurements of very-low-frequency sea-level change 1985-1989
Acoustic monitoring of ocean gyres. Presented at IUTAM Symposium on Fluid Mechanics in the Spirit of G.I. Taylor, Cambridge, England 1986
1986 Bakerian Lecture: "Acoustic monitoring of ocean gyres," talk for the Royal Society, London 1986
Citation for Gordon Hamilton, and luncheon remarks, Baltimore, MD 1987
Munk and Melbourne Briscoe. Sea-going measurements: Diminished by satellites and super-computers? 1987
Munk and Worcester. Ocean acoustic tomography 1988
Cornuelle, Munk and Worcester. Ocean acoustic tomography from ships 1988
Munk, O'Reilly and Reid. Australia-Bermuda sound transmission experiment (1960) revisited 1988
Munk and Forbes. Global ocean warming: An acoustic measure? 1989
Refraction of acoustic modes in very long-range transmissions 1990
The Heard Island Experiment. Inaugural lecture of the International Science Series, Washington, D.C. 1990 November 2
Remarks for Roger Revelle memorial services 1991 July
Scripps Institution of Oceanography: The Revelle Years 1991 August
Untitled paper on Roger Revelle and ONR 1991 September 25
Global ocean warming. Presented at Roger Revelle Memorial Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1992 October 23-24
Ocean Acoustic Tomography - Correspondence re: comments and publication 1994-1995
Malone, Goldberg, and Munk. Roger Randall Dougan Revelle (NAS biographical memoir, published 1997 December) 1994-1997
Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC). Presented at ASA Meeting, Washington, D.C. 1995
Remarks prepared for 10th Anniversary Meeting of the OSB, Woods Hole, RI 1995
Remarks for Edward Frieman Symposium 1996 July 26
The moon and mixing: Abyssal recipes II 1997 March-April
"The changing ocean climate." Carnegie Institution lecture, Washington, D.C. 1997 April
"Sampling the oceans from above and beneath." IAPSO President's Invited Lecture 1997 June
Munk and Wunsch. The moon, of course... 1997 December
Remarks on Fred Zachariasen 2000 January 9
"People, institutions, and discovery." Remarks at ONR's Oceanography: The Making of a Science colloquium 2000 February
"Ocean greats." Remarks, at ONR's Oceanography Greats Gala, Washington, D.C. 2000 March
"Listening to climate change." Reimer Lüst Lecture, Max Planck Institute of Meteorology 2000 March-April
Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (1888-1957): Celebrating the return of the MAUD seventy-five years ago. Presented at Fram Museum, Oslo 2000 September 21
Munk et al. Monitoring the ocean acoustically: A review and strategy for the future 2001
Lindberg Field transfigured (floating airport concept) 2003
EVENTS, CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
Pugwash Conference (9th) on Science and World Affairs - Agenda for working groups 1962
Ocean Wave Radio Backscatter Group meeting 1969
Fliers for Munk speaking events ca. 1971
Physics Department Colloquium, UC Irvine 1973 January 12
Aerospace Corporation - Scientific Data Potential of Military Satellites meeting 1977
Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity (NORDA) lecture series 1979 November, 1984
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) winter meeting, Los Angeles 1980 January
WHOI events - 3rd International Congress on the History of Oceanography, and Symposium on the Future of Oceanography 1980 September-October
Nonlinear Properties of Internal Waves workshop 1980
U.S. Navy. Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) Steering Committee meeting, Voss, Norway 1980
3rd Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability 1980-1981
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). Committee on Climatic Changes and the Ocean (CCCO) and Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) study conference on Large-scale Oceanographic Experiments, Tokyo, Japan 1981-1982
AGU annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA 1982
Naval Research Laboratory, John W. Wright Memorial Lecture 1982
4th Biennial Ewing Symposium, "Climate processes: Sensitivity to solar insolation and CO₂", New York 1982
UC Berkeley, Ocean Engineering graduate seminar 1982-1983
PSAG meeting, Washington, D.C. 1983
Celebration for Jule Charney, MIT 1983
Alfred C. Redfield Memorial, Woods Hole 1983
Integrated Global Ocean Monitoring (MONOC) symposium, Tallin, USSR 1983
Alfred Wegener Konferenz on Air-Sea-Ice Interaction, Bremerhaven 1983
Integrated Global Ocean Observing System (IGOSS) subject experts meeting 1983
12-meter Design/Technology meetings for SAIC (re: America's Cup conditions off Perth) 1984
Conference on the TOGA Scientific Programme, UNESCO, Paris 1984
Frank Press 60th birthday symposium, Cambridge, MA 1984
DOD Research Topical Review on Environmental Science, Annapolis, MD 1984
AGU. Geophysics Research Forum Panel on Sea-Level Change (Chair, Roger Revelle), San Francisco, CA 1984
CRP Review of Ocean Sciences Division of ONR, Washington, D.C. 1984
U.S. Navy. Office of Naval Research (ONR) - Site reviews 1984-1990, 1994
"Suess-Fest" to celebrate Hans Suess' 75th birthday, La Jolla, CA 1985
CIMAS Visiting Scientist appointment, with trip to Haiti 1985
American Statistical Association Symposium in Honor of John Tukey; Bell Laboratories Defense Policy and Technology Colloquium, New Jersey 1985
H. Burr Steinbach visiting scholar at WHOI 1985
ISFARS. 3rd Symposium on Acoustic Remote Sensing of Atmosphere and Ocean, Paris 1985
PSAG, ONR, and NRC-OSB meetings, Washington, D.C. 1985
Oceans 85. 10th anniversary joint MTS/IEEE Conference on Ocean Engineering and the Environment, San Diego, CA 1985
Bell Laboratories General Research Colloquium 1985
SIO-IEEE 4th Working Symposium on Oceanographic Data Systems, San Diego, CA 1986
International WOCE Core-3 project meeting, London 1986 September 2-5
UK Oceanography 86, Southampton, England 1986 September 14-19
Victor Starr Memorial Lecture, MIT, MA 1986
National Academy of Sciences - 25th Anniversary of Deep Ocean Drilling symposium 1986
National Academy of Sciences - Ocean Lithosphere Genesis and Ridge Crest Processes workshop 1986-1987
Gifford C. Ewing Memorial, SIO, La Jolla 1987
7th Joint Working Group Meeting for the U.S.-PRC (China) Marine and Fishery S & T Cooperation Protocol, Catalina, CA 1987
Ocean Principals Meeting (with Munk's introductory remarks), Washington, D.C. 1987
NATO Advanced Research Workshop, France 1987
IUGG - IAPSO General Assembly, Vancouver, Canada 1987
PRC (China) Delegation visit for Ocean Resources Research, Development and Protection 1987
Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) building dedication, Seattle WA 1987
Scientific Advisory Committee meeting of the Max-Planck-Institut, Hamburg 1987
Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) Technical Review meeting, San Diego 1987-1988
WOCE and POEM workshop, European Geophysical Society, Bologna, Italy 1988
Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference, Cambridge, England 1988
ONR Distinguished Speaker Colloquium, Washington, D.C. 1988
Summer School of Theoretical Physics, "Tomography in geophysics" session, Le Houches, France 1988
Tsunami Society Conference on Natural and Man-made Disasters in the Marine Environment, La Jolla CA 1988
Ocean-Acoustic Modeling Interface Meeting, Washington, D.C. 1989
SCOR-IOC Committee on Climatic Changes and the Ocean (CCCO), Halifax, Nova Scotia 1989
WOCE Core Project 3 (CP3) meeting, Woods Hole, RI 1989
The Oceanography Society (TOS) inaugural meeting 1989
Tomography review meeting, Washington, D.C. 1989
Symposium on Tactical Oceanography. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 1990
NOAA-Navy Global Ocean Observations Workshop 1990
Bermuda Shadow talk, Florida State University; ASA meeting and lecture, Penn State; Robert W. Stewart Symposium, Victoria, B.C.; Europe travel 1990 May-June
NATO Conference on Ocean Variability and Acoustic Propagation, La Spezia, Italy 1990 June
ONR/U.S. and Indian Academy of Science - Sponsored visit to India 1990
Fondazione San Paolo di Torino. "Oceans, Climate and Man" international workshop, Italy 1991
Harold Jefferys Centenary Lecture, Cambridge, England 1991
IUGG meeting - IAPSO Symposium 6 on Global Warming, Vienna, Austria 1991
IUGG meeting - SCOR Working Group 96 (WG96) informal meeting, Vienna, Austria 1991
IUGG meeting - Brunner and Steger (personal/family) correspondence, Austria 1991
"The Bay Today" Monterey Bay Research Symposium, Ricketts Lecture 1991
Strategies for Future Climate Research Symposium, in honor of K. Hasselmann's 60th birthday, Hamburg 1991
ASA meeting, Houston, TX 1991
ISCBR, AJ Jeff Holter Memorial Lecture, San Diego, CA 1992
Royal Meteorological Society, Symons Lecture, London 1992
PACON, Hawaii 1992
IOC Blue Ribbon Panel for GOOS meeting, La Jolla, CA 1992
Dec-Cen Workshop on Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales, Irvine, CA 1992
Roger Revelle Memorial Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1992
GOOS workshop, Woods Hole, RI 1992
Environmental Task Force meetings, McLean, VA 1992-1993
Vice President Gore briefing; ATOC/GAMOT Program review 1993
SCOR Working Group 96 (WG96) meeting on Acoustic Monitoring of Ocean Climate, Brest, France 1993
OSB reception honoring Carl Wunsch, Washington D.C. 1993
The Changing Climate, lecture appearance by Munk. Leif J. Sverdrup Visiting Scientist Program, Augsburg College 1994
Sea Surface Sound conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA 1994
SCOR Working Group 96 (WG 96) meeting on Global Acoustic Monitoring, Kona, HI 1994
European Acoustical Society meeting, Denmark 1994
SOSUS Working Group meeting, Washington, D.C. 1994
Summary report, "Acoustic techniques for measuring ocean variables: A review" - Joint Workshop on Acoustical Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 1994
U.S. Navy/NOAA. Acoustic techniques meeting with Captain Bob Smart 1994
R/V Roger Revelle launch 1995
ERIM/ONR Deep Ocean Convection Workshop, La Jolla, CA 1995
Joint U.S.-Russian Ecological/Environmental Seminar, Washington, D.C. 1995
H. Burr Steinbach visiting scholar at WHOI 1995
Bioacoustical Oceanography Workshop, Santa Cruz 1995
GEFD Summer School lectures, Cambridge, England 1995
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Revelle Colloquium on Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change, Irvine, CA 1995 November
MEDEA Ocean Panel Workshop, Stennis Space Center, MS 1996
AGU Ocean Science meeting, San Diego, CA 1996
SCOR Working Group 96 (WG96) meeting on Acoustic Monitoring of the Global Ocean, Hobart, Tasmania 1996
Palomar College Oceanography Lecture Series 1996 April
Vice President Gore-Medea Round Table - Polar and Ocean Session 1996 May
Office of Naval Research (ONR) 50th Anniversary Symposium 1996 May
U.S.-Korea Conference on Ocean Science and Technology 1996 June
3rd European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, Crete, Greece - Munk awarded Honorary Doctorate from University of Crete 1996 June
Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC), Victoria, British Columbia 1996 August
Fram Strait Workshop, Boulder, CO 1996 September
ASA-ATJ 3rd joint meeting - Papers on ATOC 1996
Tidal Science conference, London (includes research-related correspondence on tidal mixing) 1996-1997
Oceanology International 97 Pacific Rim conference, Singapore 1997
Cuernavaca, Mexico trip planning (visit with Eveylyn Lambert and University of Mexico) 1997
Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Award Luncheon for Ed Horton 1997
SCOR meeting on Acoustic Monitoring of the World Ocean, Goa, India 1997
Oceanography Society's Scientific Meeting, Reno 1999
ASA-European Acoustical Association (EAA) joint meeting - Session in honor of Leonid Brekhovskikh 1999
36th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMB), Vienna 1999
DEOS Global Working Group meeting, Dallas 1999
North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory (NPAL) Experiment workshops 1999-2001
AGU meeting 2000
Geophysical & Environmental Fluid Dynamics (GEFD) seminar series 2000
Venice, Italy and Monaco trip planning 2000
12th 'Aha Hulik'o Hawaiian winter workshop 2001
AGU meeting - Ocean observations: A session in celebration of Russ Davis' 60th birthday 2001
Oceanology International Americas, Miami 2001
Warren College Honors Banquet, with outline of remarks 2001
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
CPHMR (Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources) - Correspondence, Biennial Program Plan, and meeting agendas 1982-1985
Committee on Global Change 1987
Naval Studies Board - Classification of NOAA survey data in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) 1984-1989
Ocean Studies Board (OSB), aka Ocean Science Board, or Board on Ocean Science Policy (BOSP)
OSB - NASA study on satellites and oceanography 1979-1982
OSB - International Ocean Studies Policy (IOSP) 1984-1988
OSB - Notes ca. 1985
OSB - Correspondence and agendas 1985
OSB/Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate joint meeting agenda 1985 November
OSB - NOAA review/NOAA Panel 1985-1986
OSB - NOAA review/NOAA Panel 1987-1990
OSB - Ocean Climate Research Committee 1985-1986
OSB - Navy Panel 1985-1988
OSB - NASA briefing 1986
OSB - Correspondence and agendas 1986
OSB - Ocean research "Priorities Report" by Jim Baker, reviewed by Ocean Principals Group 1986-1987
OSB - CO₂ Panel with Roger Revelle 1987
OSB - Dinner meeting with remarks by Chairman Munk; 1987 annual report 1987-1988
OSB - Correspondence and agendas 1987-1988
OSB - Sponsored meeting on Heard Island at NAS; Navy Review Panel 1989
ACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY
OAT
OAT research - Correspondence, proposals and notes 1977-1979 March
OAT research - Correspondence, proposals and notes 1979 April-1982
OAT research - Correspondence, proposals and notes 1983-1988
Ocean Acoustic Tomography: A method for measuring large-scale variability - Proposals for NSF 1978-1980
Proposal reviews 1980
Spindel/WHOI. Ocean Acoustic Tomography - Proposal for NSF 1980
Wunsch/MIT. Research on acoustic tomography - Proposal for NSF and ONR 1981
Research on imploding devices for sourcing acoustic energy 1982
Office of Naval Research (ONR) - Background and notes for discussion 1982-1983
Proposals and bids for hydroacoustic sources 1983-1985
Wunsch and Rizzoli/MIT. Studies of ocean variability by acoustic methods - Proposal for NSF and ONR 1983
Riser/U. of Washington. RAFOS floats and acoustic tomography in the North Pacific - Proposal for NSF 1985
Spiesberger/WHOI. Basin-scale acoustic tomography in the North Pacific - Proposal for NSF 1985
Spiesberger/WHOI. Tomographic studies of the Northeast Pacific 1987
Greenland Sea Project
Early correspondence 1980
Project files 1984-1989
Summaries and Greenland Sea diary 1988-1989
Heard Island Feasibility Test (HIFT)
Map of Heard Island 1949
General documents - Correspondence, notes, presentation information and supporting materials 1988-1994
Acoustic sources - Research material and product information 1987-1993
Electromagnetic source development - Proposal by Hydroacoustics Incorporated 1988
Technical capabilities of Actran Systems - Low frequency projector systems 1988
Effects of noise impacts on marine mammals, whales - Notes, correspondence, data and reports 1988-1991
Lister generators 1989
Sonar equation 1989
Washington, D.C. meetings 1989
Munk, Spindel, and Birdsall (co-principal investigators). Acoustic Global Warming Feasibility Experiment - Proposal to NOAA 1989
SIO meetings 1989-1991
Funding and budget planning 1989-1991
Cables 1990
Fisher, Fred. Large vertical array deployment to receive signals from Heard Island - Proposal to DOE 1990
Equipment shipment to Goa, India 1990
Greenpeace 1990-1991
[Pre-HIFT] Receivers correspondence, by location 1988-1991
Receivers correspondence 1990-1991
Transmission loss (TL) data and calculations 1990-1991
SCOR Working Group 96 (WG96), Acoustic Monitoring of Global Ocean Warming (AGLOW) - Correspondence and proposals 1990-1991
Dworski, George and Munk. A ship note on Heard Island intensities 1991
Incoming shipboard correspondence 1991
Outgoing shipboard correspondence 1991
Phase I proposal for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) 1991-1993
Briefing materials for presentation to the NAS 1991
Refraction figures - Transparencies
Tomography figures - Transparencies
Miscellaneous figures - Transparencies and photocopies
Negatives
ATOC
DARPA - Project file with correspondence, notes, and planning documentation 1991-1992
DARPA - "Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate" proposal 1992
Effects of low frequency sound on marine mammals, ATOC/GAMOT - OSB meeting, National Research Council 1993
"Ocean Acoustic Observatories" proposal to ONR 1994 November
Scripps, NRCD, SCLDF joint meeting on California and Hawaii MMRP and ATOC Projects 1995
California Coastal Commission - Public hearing, San Mateo County/Carmel 1995
Hawaii Dept. of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Board hearing, Kauai 1995
ATOC Engineering Test (AET) meeting 1995
Joint Ocean Climate Initiative, with outline and statement on ONR's role 1997-1998
SUBJECT/RESEARCH FILES
Bermuda - Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) / Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) 1994-1996
Bermuda Biological Station for Research 1974-1976
Bikini - Notes on diffusion of radioactive material for Operation Crossroads 1946
Bikini - Reef diffusion 1946
Bikini - Coral reef breakwater photographs 1946
Bikini - Tentative program proposal by Munk and Traylor, with notecards for prepared remarks 1946-1947
Bikini - Reports, summaries, and data on wind and currents 1946
Capricorn Expedition - Correspondence and miscellaneous 1951-1956
Capricorn Expedition - Research notebooks 1952
Cavitation and ferrofluids 1978-1982
China - Scientific exchanges 1974-1977
China - Scientific Delegation (1977 trip) sponsored by CSCPRC - Original color slides 1977
China - Report to Canadian Dept. of External Affairs as Scientific Exchange Visitor, by Anthony Bidwell 1977
China - Oceanographic Research Vessels Delegation from Chinese Academy of Sciences (visit to SIO) 1978 March-April
China - Marine Sciences Delegation from PRC (visit to SIO) 1978 May
China - Visiting scholars 1978-1982
China - Briefing notes from World Bank on fisheries; Inman letter re: NAS report on China 1980
China - Trip to tour oceanography institutes in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Quingdao and Beijing 1986
Deep Sea Drilling Steering Committee
Exponential horn undated
Flextensional transducers 1982
Frontier Challenger Expedition 1981
Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) 1991-1994
Institute for Naval Oceanography 1986-1987
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) budget 1985-1986
Judith bottom capsule - History by Jim Cairns 1976
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Corporation Visiting Committee for Earth Sciences 1977-1982
Max Planck Institute of Meteorology - Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) 1987-1990
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Program Planning Committee and Board of Directors 1986-2001
MBARI - Ocean Acoustic Observatory proposal 1996
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 1990-1991
National Science Foundation. Advisory Committee for Ocean Sciences 1985
Ocean Color Imager (OCI) 1985-1987
Perth-Bermuda sound propagation experiment 1983-1987
Pulse engines 1982
Russia - Soviet scientists from R/V Vityaz visit Scripps 1958
Russia - Academies of Sciences of USSR and USA, 1962 trip planning
SAIC-MHI collaboration on a Pacific Ocean tomography network 1998
Tasman Sea experiments 1984-1986
Thames Barrier, London 1983
University of Delaware, Physical Ocean Sciences and Engineering - Planning Committee 1997
Venice, Italy 1972-1976
Whales and air guns/seismic blasts 1982
UC SAN DIEGO AND SIO
Academic Senate - Herbert Marcuse file 1968
Academic Senate - Committee on Community Environment (Campus/Community Planning Committee) 1975-1977
Academic Senate - Committee on Academic Freedom 1984-1985
Academic Senate - Committee on Campus and Community Environment 1987-1988
California Space Institute - Ad Hoc Committee 1979
Center for Art/Science Studies - Advisory Committee 1976-1978
Central Library - Correspondence with Mary Galbraith, Roger Revelle and others re: naming and expansion 1987
Dynes, Robert C. Remarks, Council on Competitiveness Symposium on National Security 2002 October 8
Energy Center - Ad hoc Committee for 5-Year Review 1985
Engineering Research Center proposal 1984
Graduate Program Review Visiting Committee for Scripps - Report 1993 May
Ida and Cecil Green Faculty Club 1987
Joint Institute for Marine Observations - MOU between NOAA, UC Regents and SIO undated
Joint NOAA/SIO Institute for Ocean and Atmosphere Observations proposal 1990
La Jolla Institute - UCSD
La Jolla Town Council - UCSD Committee 1967-1968
Museum of Oceanographic Instruments / Scripps Historical Oceanographical Instruments Collection 1986-1989
Oceanids Pavilion - Dedication to Ellen Revelle 1986
Old Scripps Building 1977-1982
Old Scripps Building Advisory Committee 1988-1989
Organized Research Unit (ORU) for Study of Global Change Processes proposal ca. 1987
Physical oceanography - Outline of major Scripps contributions undated
SIO business - Committees, correspondence and memoranda 1971-1979
SIO business - Committees, correspondence and memoranda 1980-2007
SIO Directorate - Short- and Long-range Planning Committees 1986-1987
SIO Policy Council 1987-1991
Secretary of the Navy Research Chair in Oceanography at SIO - Grant proposals 1985
Secretary of the Navy Research Chair in Oceanography at SIO - Correspondence 1984-1996
Revelle College Dedication Committee 1965
Robert Paine Scripps Conference Center 2003-2005
UCSD School of Architecture Planning Committee 1985-1987
Teaching
TSIO 225 - Tides and rotation of the Earth 1970-1972
SIO 219 - Oceanic microprocesses 1971
SIO 211A - Ocean waves (Munk, Davis and Hendershott) 1973
SIO 90 - Freshman seminar 1974
SIO 219 - Case histories and methods in physical oceanography (Cox, Munk and Davis) 1973-1983
SIO 219 - Acoustic oceanography 1982
Physical Oceanography Student Ad Hoc Committee evaluations 1981-1986
IGPP
Photographs of original IGPP site, prior to construction
Founding documents and early correspondence 1959-1969
Proposals 1960-1961
First annual report and summary of research activities ca. 1961, 1970
Building personnel and equipment summary for FY 1962-1963 ca. 1961
Summer Noon Series talk on "History of IGPP" 1975
Planning retreat at Meling Ranch 1981
Miscellaneous correspondence 1982-1996
"Significant dates" timeline and IGPP history documentation compiled by Orson Anderson 1982-1990
Physical Oceanography Building 1981-1983
Building extension and Scripps Crossing bridge - Outline and model photographs undated
Building extension and Scripps Crossing bridge 1981-1990 August
Building extension and Scripps Crossing bridge 1990 September
Building extension and Scripps Crossing bridge - Dedication and awards 1993-1995
Brief history of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) 1989
Corrections to Director's Report 1990
IGPP Annual Meeting and institutional review, UC San Diego 2000
Orcutt, John. Statement on Program to Enhance the Strength of Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Foundation for Earth Sciences 2001
Division of Geosciences proposal 2001
WORKS BY OTHERS
Shugart, Erika. Sounding out the ocean's secrets 1998
Spofford, C. W. (for SAI). Ray and mode characteristics for ocean acoustic tomography 1981
Stommel, Henry. Works on tidal estuaries and estuary dynamics, with cover letter 1950
Stommel, Henry. Various articles, drafts, and reprints, lightly annotated/addressed to W. Munk
Titus, Harold A. Conditional sampling for unusual events. Unpublished paper, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California 1970 August
Titus, Harold A. Conditional sampling - Graphs and plots (oversize)
Waltner, Alan. The regulation of marine scientific research: The experience of the SIO's Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climates (ATOC) experiment 1997
PHOTOGRAPHS
People
Portraits of Munk
Portraits of Munk - Digital scans of family photos
Samoan party at the Munks' home (photographs by Hugh Bradner) 1964
Maurice Ewing ca. 1948
Unidentified people
Other
"Punahawi S7 at Kamehameha [Ave.]" - People fleeing tidal wave in Hilo, Hawaii, by Cecilio Licas 1946 April 1
Tsunami/tidal wave damage in Hilo, Hawaii 1946
Scientific instruments and equipment
Munk and Tucker - Figure 1. Aerial shot of sun refraction at sea 1951
Wave refraction over and near Scripps Canyon
Operation Glitter
William von Arx - Rotating trough
"Waves on Lake Chelan," Chelan series no. 437 by L. D. Lindsley 1908
Ships and storms at sea, compiled by Charles C. Dixon
R/V E.W. Scripps off Guadalupe Island 1946
Avalon Bay with large breaking waves, Catalina Island 1939
Ripples and internal waves
Ripples (oversize)
"Spring Stirring" Hord sculpture installation, with Cecil and Ida Green 1963
Eruption from Myōjin-shō submarine volcano, Izu Islands, Japan (glass lantern slide) 1952 September 53
Walter Munk slide collection - Scientific figures, graphs, and images of IGPP campus, "Spring Stirring" sculpture, etc.
2022 Accession
Bowie Medal - Presentation to Judith Munk 1989 December 6
Walter Munk's 80th birthday party at IGPP 1997
Kyoto Prize - Negatives 1999 November
Kyoto Prize - Photo album 1999 November
Researchers - Harald Sverdrup, David Ziskind, Leonard Mandel, and Alfred Redfield ca. 1940-1985
Walter Munk portraits, and in group settings 1950-2003
AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS
"The mysteries of weather beneath the ocean surface." Walter Munk, SIO 75th Anniversary Lecture Series - 2 reels 1978 March 20
Sending sound waves around the world through the ocean to measure global warming - Lecture by Walter Munk, on the occasion of the presentation of A. Cressy Morrison Presidential Award, New York Academy of Sciences - VHS and digital sound recording 1993 May 24
Walter Munk interviewed by Laurence Armi - VHS and audiocassette 1994 September 28
Waves Across the Pacific (McGraw Hill Films) - Betacam video copy of original 16mm film print 1967
"Wave of the future." Walter Munk, Scripps Aquarium Associates evening lecture - Audiocassette 1986 July 11
"The IGPP mug shots: a Halloween surprise." Geophysics Seminar on personal and architectural history of IGPP and SIO - Audiocassette 1986 October 31
"Oceanography: a technology driven science." Walter Munk lecture - Audiocassette 1987 November 19
"Heard Island experiment." Walter Munk lecture, Sumner Hall - Audiocassette 1991 March 1
Heard Island: An Experiment in Sound - Videocassette 1991
Walter and Judith Munk on "The Lounge" (KPBS radio show), interviewed on the occasion of SIO 100th anniversary 2003 September 9