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Oceanography in 2025--Walter Munk
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... Yet when John Apel came to Scripps to sell us on a satellite altimetry mission, there was scant interest. He spoke to a leading oceanographer who told him: "If you gave me the data, I would not know what to do with it." John had a similar reception in Woods Hole.
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... 2006. Tales of the Venerable Honolulu Tide Gauge.
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