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Zetler (Bernard D.) Papers
SMC 0182  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Biography
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • OFF-SITE STORAGE
  • Publication Rights

  • Descriptive Summary

    Languages: English
    Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
    9500 Gilman Drive
    La Jolla 92093-0175
    Title: Bernard D. Zetler Papers
    Creator: Zetler, B. D. (Bernard David), 1915-1991
    Identifier/Call Number: SMC 0182
    Physical Description: 1.6 Linear feet (4 archives boxes)
    Date (inclusive): 1956-1989
    Abstract: Papers of Bernard D. Zetler, a research oceanographer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography who studied tides and tsunamis.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    A small collection of the papers of Bernard D. Zetler, a research oceanographer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography who studied tides and tsunamis. Subjects of note include acoustic tomography, hydrodynamics, tidal analysis and prediction, and sea level.
    Arranged in four series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL FILES, 2) CORRESPONDENCE, 3) SUBJECT FILES and 4) WRITINGS.

    Biography

    Bernard David Zetler (1915-1991) was a research oceanographer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) who studied tides and tidal current analysis and prediction, hydrodynamics, acoustic tomography and tsunamis. He graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.S. in mathematics in 1936 before joining the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1938, where he worked as a mathematician and oceanographer until 1965. During World War II he was involved in tide and surf forecasting for the U.S. military which guided Pacific Fleet landings. He then worked as a Senior Research Oceanographer for the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory before joining the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) at SIO in 1972. Zetler was awarded the U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal in 1966 for his research on tides and life-saving tsunami warning systems.

    Preferred Citation

    Bernard D. Zetler Papers. SMC 182. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired 1985, 1992.

    OFF-SITE STORAGE

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.

    Publication Rights

    Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Tides -- Research
    Tsunamis -- Research
    Ocean tomography
    Zetler, B. D. (Bernard David), 1915-1991 -- Archives