Henry Stommel
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 32 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 27,1920 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Wilmington |
| Delaware | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | January 17,1992 |
| Died | Boston |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Nationality | American |
| Job | Oceanographer |
| Books | The Gulf Stream |
| Lost Islands: The Story of Islands That Have Vanished from Nautical Charts | |
| An introduction to the Coriolis force | |
| A View of the Sea: A Discussion Between a Chief Engineer and an Oceanographer about the Machinery of the Ocean Circulation | |
| Volcano weather | |
| Science of the seven seas | |
| Kuroshio: physical aspects of the Japan Current | |
| The Starbuck essays of Henry Stommel | |
| Evolution of Physical Oceanography: Scientific Surveys in Honor of Henry Stommel | |
| Oceanographic atlases | |
| Awards | National Medal of Science for Physical Science |
| William Bowie Medal | |
| Maurice Ewing Medal | |
| Alexander Agassiz Medal | |
| Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 466613 |
Henry Stommel Life story
Henry "Hank" Melson Stommel was a major contributor to the field of physical oceanography. Beginning in the 1940s, he advanced theories about global ocean circulation patterns and the behavior of the Gulf Stream that form the basis of physical oceanography today.
