The Moon, of Course…

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Authors

Walter Munk | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA

Carl Wunsch | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

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First Paragraph

This is an essay on tidal friction and ocean mixing. Tides are not a subject at the forefront of current interest. Many oceanographers believe the subject died with Victorian mathematicians. But TOPEX/POSEIDON (T/P) altimetry measurements have suggested an enhanced lunar role in ocean processes and put a new face on an ancient subject. In contrast, oceanic mixing is alive (even fashionable); we wish to convince the reader that the connection between these ancient subjects is deep, important, and not obviously lunatic.

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Citation

Munk, W., and C. Wunsch. 1997. The moon, of course… Oceanography 10(3):132–134, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.1997.06.

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