Munks Personal Life
Munks Paper
Early Professional Work
Ocean Fun Facts
100

Munk's Full Name

What is Walter Heinrich Munk?

100

This type of intensification is the basis of Munks theory

What is western boundary intensification?

100

Munk worked with this famous man during WWII 

What is Harald Sverdrup?

100

The Seven Seas

What is the Arctic, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans?

200

The year Munk was born

What is 1917?

200

Munk made the assumption that the friction is applied at the _________ boundary.

What is lateral?

200

Munk & Sverdrup's research aided in the success of this day

What is D-Day?

200

This ocean makes up 23% of the global ocean

What is the Atlantic?

300

Munk's nickname

What is Einstein of the Ocean?

300

The side wall reduces the boundary current velocity to _____ at the wall

What is 0?

300
Munk & Sverdrup's research during WWII aided in predicting the feasibility of _______

What is amphibious landings?

300

the world's largest living structure

What is the Great Barrier Reef?
400

Where Munk spent his entire professional career

What is Scripps Institute of Oceanography?

400

This is injected into the fluid by friction at the wall

What is positive vorticity?

400

Munk's research focused on variations in ________ to obtain valuable geophysical information

What is Earth's rotation?

400

This toy was accidentally used to help oceanographers better understand water currents

What is rubber ducks?

500

This is what Munk earned his Bachelors degree in 

What is Physics?
500

Equation 22 is the ___________ function

What is the mass transport stream function?

500

The reason Munk's landlady would never rent him a home ever again

What is "he was a hot mess"?

500

The estimated value of uncovered treasures within the oean

What is 60 billion dollars?