Bernard D. Zetler Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2017
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
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
Box 1, Folder 1
Who's Who biographical summaries
1981-1984
Box 1, Folder 2
Annual academic biography
1983-1984
Box 1, Folder 4
Miscellaneous photographs of Zetler
undated
CORRESPONDENCE
Scope and Content of Series
Includes correspondence exchanged with Walter D. Lambert, Harold Jeffreys and Robert Stonley. The correspondence with Harold
Jeffreys is dated 1956-1962 and discusses his work on the theory of diurnal earth tides.
Box 3, Folder 1
Acoustic gauges
ca. 1970-1980
General note
Miscellaneous color slides of acoustic gauge at sea.
Box 3, Folder 2
Acoustic tomography
1981-1984
Box 3, Folder 4
Earth Sciences 242: Geophysical Measurements
1965
General note
Class notes and informational material.
Box 3, Folder 5-6
Earth Sciences 244: Gravity and Tides
1963
General note
Class notes and informational material.
Box 3, Folder 7-8
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) acoustic experiments
1977-1983
General note
Includes correspondence, notes and general material from assorted acoustic experiments, including the IGPP-WHOI Southern California
Acoustic Experiment and the ONR "Variability in Sound Transmission Through the Ocean Interior" project.
Box 3, Folder 9
International Tsunami Symposium
1981
Box 3, Folder 10
Least-squares tidal analysis
undated
Box 3, Folder 11
Manuscript reviews
1978-1984
Box 3, Folder 12
National Geodetic Survey (NGS) - Annotated notebook
undated
Box 3, Folder 13
Ocean Acoustic Tomography: A Gyre-Scale Experiment and Related Research, 1983-1986
1982
Box 3, Folder 14
Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL)
1977-1979
Box 3, Folder 15
Sea-Level Rise Project
1983
Box 4, Folder 1
Sea-Level Rise Project
1983
Box 4, Folder 2
State of the Art in Tide Predictions
1982
General note
Paper prepared for the 18th International Conference on Coastal Engineering.
Box 4, Folder 3
Zetler, B.D., E.E. Long and L.F. Ku. "Tide Predictions Using Satellite Constituents"
1983-1984
Box 4, Folder 4-5
Zetler, Bernard D. and Reinhard E. Flick. "Predicted Extreme High Tides for California: 1983-2000"
1983-1985
Box 4, Folder 6
Predicted Extreme High Tides for Mixed-Tide Regimes
1984-1985
Box 4, Folder 7
Arctic Tides by Rollin A. Harris (1911) Revisited
1985-1986
Box 4, Folder 8
Military Tide Predictions in World War II
1989
Box 4, Folder 9-10
Miscellaneous notes
1960-1971
General note
From folders entitled "Materials used in papers and presentations."
Box 4, Folder 11
George Hext lecture on time series analysis
1963
Box 4, Folder 12
Unidentified math notes
1964-1965
Box 4, Folder 13
BOMM System
1965
General note
Notes on BOMM, a system of computer arithmetic programs developed by IGPP.
Box 4, Folder 14
Roger Revelle's sea-level theory
1983
Box 4, Folder 15
Ship position calculations
1985
Box 4, Folder 16
Pelagic tidal computations
undated
