Carl Wunsch
Carl Isaac Wunsch | |
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| Born | May 5, 1941 |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Oceanography, Geophysics, Statistics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University |
| Thesis | On the scale of the long period tides (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Henry Stommel |
| Website | puddle |
Carl Wunsch was the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physical Oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, until he retired in 2013. He is known for his early work in internal waves and more recently for research into the effects of ocean circulation on climate.