University of California, San Diego. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics.
Acoustic thermometry of ocean climate project records, 1990-1998.
The collection consists of files documenting the Acoustic Thermometry of the Ocean Climate (ATOC) project initiated by Walter Munk and administered by Peter Worcester of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The collection includes correspondence, technical files, and records documenting permit hearings and project reviews. The collection also includes a substantial number of audio and video recordings documenting media coverage of the project, which used ocean acoustic tomography (OAT) to document climate change and attracted controversy when biologists and the public questioned the effect of sound signals on marine mammals. The records include correspondence and other files generated by David E. Cartwright, Cindy Roger, Susan Sheaham, and Peter Worcester.
The La Jolla branch of the University of California Institute of Geophysics was established in July 1959. The institute was founded by Walter H. Munk to study the planet Earth, its atmosphere, oceans and interior, using the methods of experimental and mathematical physics. It was intended as a branch of the University of California, Los Angeles Institute of Geophysics which was established in 1946. The name of the branch was changed in 1960 to the University of California San Diego Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics.
Cartwright, David Edgar, 1926-
Munk, Walter H. (Walter Heinrich), 1917-
Worcester, Peter
Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Project
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics.
Climatic changes -- Research.
Ocean tomography.
Oceanography -- Research.
Underwater acoustics.
Sound recordings lcgft aat
Video recordings. aat
Worcester, Peter.
AIP-ICOS
University of California, San Diego. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Mandeville Special Collections Library. 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA