Zachariah R Hallock

Zachariah R. Hallock received the B.S. degree in physics from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, NY, in 1970 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physical oceanography from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, in 1973 and 1977, respectively. He then joined the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office where he planned and conducted large-scale oceanographic surveys in areas of Navy interest. In 1981, he transferred to the Oceanography Division of the Naval Research Laboratory (then NORDA) where he initially conducted research in oceanic thermohaline fine structure using observations from frontal regions. In 1985, he pursued research in oceanic mesoscale variability in multidisciplinary programs. This work included field observations and analyses of moored and profile measurements in combination with satellite altimetry and model results. In 1990, he began a study of deep boundary flows in the northwest Pacific near Japan, in collaboration with concurrent Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) remote sensing and modeling efforts. His most recent research focused on coastal oceanic processes including tidal studies, oceanic fronts, and internal wave effects on acoustics. He is now retired from NRL and maintains an office at home in Efland, NC. Dr. Hallock is a Member of the American Geophysical Union and Sigma Xi.