Walter Munk
Impact in
- Oceanography top 0.01%
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Atmospheric Science top 0.2%
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Papers in
- Oceanography 147
- Underwater Acoustics Research 83
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 79
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing 29
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements 28
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- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 18
- Co-authors
- Carl Wunsch (18 shared papers)Christopher Garrett (5 shared papers)Charles L. Cox (1 shared paper)David E. Cartwright (2 shared papers)Peter F. Worcester (35 shared papers)Frank E. Snodgrass (11 shared papers)E. Palmén (3 shared papers)F. Zachariasen (7 shared papers)
- Journals
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (36 papers)Journal of Physical Oceanography (14 papers)Oceanography (10 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (9 papers)Geophysical Journal International (5 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesRussiaAustralia
In The Last Decade
Walter Munk
178 papers receiving 11.3k citations
Walter Munk's Hit Papers
Peers
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
Countries citing papers authored by Walter Munk
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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Munk
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Co-authors
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.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Measurement of the Roughness of the Sea Surface from Photographs of the Sun’s Glitter Hit paper breakdown → | 1954 | 1820 |
| 2 | Abyssal recipes II: energetics of tidal and wind mixing Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 1666 |
| 3 | Space-time scales of internal waves: A progress report Hit paper breakdown → | 1975 | 740 |
| 4 | Space-Time scales of internal waves Hit paper breakdown → | 1972 | 650 |
| 5 | Tidal spectroscopy and prediction Hit paper breakdown → | 1966 | 556 |
| 6 | Ocean acoustic tomography: a scheme for large scale monitoring Hit paper breakdown → | 1979 | 469 |
| 7 | Abyssal recipes Hit paper breakdown → | 1966 | 430 |
| 8 | Internal Waves in the Ocean Hit paper breakdown → | 1979 | 415 |
| 9 | 1995 | 323 | |
| 10 | 1996 | 278 | |
| 11 | 2000 | 223 | |
| 12 | 1963 | 201 | |
| 13 | 1951 | 197 | |
| 14 | 1974 | 192 | |
| 15 | Bispectra of ocean waves | 1963 | 176 |
| 16 | 1970 | 155 | |
| 17 | 1997 | 153 | |
| 18 | 1963 | 137 | |
| 19 | 1999 | 125 | |
| 20 | 1951 | 122 |
About Walter Munk
Walter Munk is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Ocean Engineering and Ecology, 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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