Cambridge University Press / the Sun / Earth / Moon / /
Continent
Antarctica / /
Country
Gibraltar / Sweden / New Zealand / Austria / United States / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
THE CR AFOORD PRIZE / /
Event
Natural Disaster / /
Facility
University of Gothenburg / By building / Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics / Oceanography University of California / University of California / /
IndustryTerm
energy flux / energy loss / satellite images / energy / winddriven current systems / invaluable tools / /
NaturalFeature
Sun ocean / Ocean Acoustic Tomography / South Indian Ocean / Indian Ocean / Strait of Gibraltar / Oslo Fjord / /
Organization
Cambridge University / Optical Society of America / International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service / Department of Earth Sciences / Munk and MacDonald / WALTER MUNK Scripps Institution / Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics / University of Gothenburg / Scripps Institution of Oceanography / ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES / Royal Society / H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics / University of California / San Diego / /
Person
Gordon Arthur Riley / Ernest Anderson / Andrew Forbes / Ian Britton / Anders Stigebrandt / Walter Walter Munk / Walter Munk / Frank Snodgrass / Harald Sverdrup / David Cartwright / Erik Palmén / Michael Dawes / Chris Garrett / Charles Cox / Gordon Mac Donald / Deborah Day / /
Position
Cofounder / biologist / Professor / director / young oceanographer / /
ProvinceOrState
Southern California / Hawaii / California / /
PublishedMedium
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society / /
Region
South Pacific / North Atlantic / North Africa / South Indian Ocean / Southern California / southern Indian Ocean / /
THE CRAFOORD PRIZE 2010 I N F O R M AT I O N F O R T H E P U B L I C Always count on the oceans The great adventure of exploring the world’s oceans took place largely in the latter half of the 20th century, when new te