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