Walter Munk

21.7k citations
184 papers · 13.2k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 50

Walter Munk

178 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

Abyssal recipes II: energetics o...1.7k195420261978200250010001.5k

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Walter Munk
Comparison fields: 5 of 118
  • Oceanography 10.5k
  • Atmospheric Science 4.6k
  • Earth-Surface Processes 1.5k
  • Global and Planetary Change 3.3k
  • Geophysics 1.6k
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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Munk

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Walter Munk, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20181
2
Acoustic remote sensing of large-scale temperature variability in the North Pacific Ocean
20030
3
A comparative study of mode arrivals at megameter ranges for 28 Hz, 75 Hz, and 84 Hz sources
20031
4
Monitoring the Ocean Acoustically: A Review and Strategy for the Future
20011
5 19910
6 198971
7 198757
8 198415
9 198274
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Scattering of sound by internal waves: The role of particle velocities
19771
11 197475
12 197156
13
Once Again-Tidal Friction
196848
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Tidal spectroscopy and predictionbreakdown →
1966556
15 1963201
16
Bispectra of ocean waves
1963176
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Spectra of low-frequency ocean waves
1959100
18 19582
19
Evidence from the rotation of the earth
19554
20
Wave intensity along a refracted ray
195240

About Walter Munk

Walter Munk is a scholar working on Oceanography, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 184 papers that have together received 13.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Underwater Acoustics Research (83 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (79 papers), Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing (29 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (28 papers), Seismic Waves and Analysis (24 papers), Marine animal studies overview (21 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (18 papers) and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (10.5k citations), Atmospheric Science (4.6k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (1.5k citations), Global and Planetary Change (3.3k citations) and Geophysics (1.6k citations). Walter Munk has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Russia and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Carl Wunsch, Christopher Garrett, Charles L. Cox, David E. Cartwright, Peter F. Worcester, Frank E. Snodgrass, E. Palmén, F. Zachariasen, Gordon J. F. MacDonald and John A. Colosi. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Oceanography, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Journal International.

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