Physical Oceanographer Associate Scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Birth: August 2, 1918 -- Death: January 31, 2001
B.A., Oberlin College, 1940
M.A., Amherst College, 1942
Graduate Assistant, 1940-42, Amherst College
U. S. Naval Reserve, 1942-45, 1946-47
Director, Oceanographic Program, Area of Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, January through December, 1971
Honorary Visiting Professor of Oceanography, University of Puerto- Rico, Mayaguez, 1971
Research Assistant, 1946-50;
Research Associate, 1950-58;
Physical Oceanographer, 1958-63;
Associate Scientist, 1963 to present, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Member, Panel on Heat and Water, Committee on Polar Research, 1958-65
Research Interests: Circulation studies in arctic and tropical Atlantic areas; Caribbean inflow studies
Author or co-author of 18 refereed scientific publications on arctic and tropical circulations .
Metcalf, W. G., 1954.
A note on Arctic oceanography and the Lomonosov Range.
ARCTIC Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America, 7(2), 108-109.
Metcalf, W. G., 1955.
On the formation of bottom water in the Norqegian Basin.
Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 36(4),596-600.
Metcalf, W. G., 1960.
A note on water movement in the Greenland-Norwegian Sea.
Deep-Sea Research 7(3), 190-200.
Metcalf, W. G., A. D. Voorhis and M. C. Stalcup, 1962.
The Atlantic equatorial undercurrent.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 67(6), 2499-2508.
Metcalf, W. G., B. C. Heezen, and M. C. Stalcup, 1964.
The sill depth of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the equatorial region.
Deep-Sea Research, 11(l), 1-10.
Metcalf, W. G., 1966.
Observations of migrating great shearwaters Puffinus gravis off the Brazilian coast.
IBIS, 108, 138-140.
Stalcup, M. C. and W. G. Metcalf, 1966.
Direct measurements of the Atlantic equatorial urtdercurrent.
Journal of Marine Research, 24(1), 44-55.
Metcalf, W. G. and M. C. Stalcup, 1967.
Origin of the Atlantic equatorial undercurrent.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 72(20), 4959-4975.
Metcalf, W. G., 1968.
Shallow currents along the northeastern coast of South America.
Journal of Marine. Research, 26(3), 232~243.
Metcalf, W. G., 1969.
Dissolved silicate in the deep North Atlantic.
Deep Sea Research, Supplement to 16, 139-14-5.
Bowen, Vaughan T., W.G. Metcalf and John C. Burke, 1972.
Shallow-water strontium-90 anomaly about the Antilles Arc--1970.
Journal of Marine Research, 30(l), 112-120.
Stalcup, M. C. and W. G. Metcalf, 1972.
Current measurements in the passages of the Lesser Antilles.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 21(6), 1032-1049.
Stalcup, M. C. and W. G. Metcalf, 1973.
Bathymetry of the sills for the Venezuela and Virgin Islands basins.
Deep-Sea Research,20(8), 739-742.
Metcalf, W. G. and M. C. Stalcup, 1974.
Drift bottle returns from the eastern Caribbean.
Bulletin of Marine Science, 24(2), 392-395.
Stalcup, M. C., W. G. Metcalf.and R.G.Johnson,. 1975
Deep Caribbean inflow through the Anegada - Jungfern Passage.
Journal of Marine Research, Supplement to 33, 15-35.
Metcalf, William G., 1976.
Caribbean-Atlantic water exchange through the Anegada Jungfern Passage.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 8l(36), 6401-6409.
Metcalf, William G. and Marvel C. Stalcup, 1976.
A new bathymetric chart of the Windward Passage Sill.
Deep-Sea Research, 23, 1209-1212.
Metcalf, William G., Marvel C. Stalcup and Donald K. Atwood, 1977.
Mona Passage drift bottle study.
Bulletin of Marine Science, 27(3), 586-591.
Worthington, L. V. and W. G. Metcalf, 1961.
The relationship between potential temperature and salinity in deep Atlantic water.
Rapports et Proces-Verbaux des Reunions; Conseil Permanent Internationale pour l'Exploration de 1a Mer, 149, 122-128.
Metcalf, W. G., 1961.
CHAIN - 17 in the Romanche Trench
Oceanus, VIII(l), 2-7.
Metcalf, W. G., 1962.
Equatorial studies.
Oceanus, IX(2), 14-16.
Metcalf, W. G., 1963.
R/V CRAWFORD's work.
Oceanus IX(4), 8-9.
Metcalf, W. G., 1960.
Oceanographic data from Crawford Cruise 22, trans-Atlantic sections at equator and 24° South for the IGY of 1957-58.
W.H.O.I. Ref. No. 60-3, 152 pp., 7 figs.
Metcalf, William G. and Marvel C. Stalcup, 1969.
Current meter and hydrographic station data from Crawford Cruise #165, in the tropical Atlantic Ocean, February April 1968.
W.H.O.I. Ref. No. 69-72, 128 pp.
Metcalf, William G., Marvel C. Stalcup and Marguerite E. Zemanovic, 1971.
Hydrographic station data from Atlantis II Cruise 56 to the southeastern approaches to the Caribbean Sea, February April 1970.
W.H.O.I. Ref. No. 71-3, 349 pp.
Stalcup, Marvel C., William G. Metcalf and Marguerite-Zemanovic, 1971.
Current measurements in the Lesser Antilles.
W.H.O.I. Ref. No. 71-51, 74 pp.
Metcalf, W. G., Marvel C. Stalcup and Marguerite Zemanovic, 1973
Hydrographic station data, Caribbean Sea, Knorr Cruise 25.
W.H.O.I. Ref. No. 73-10, 8 pp., 10 figs. and 115 pp. data.
Metcalf, William. G., Marvel C. Stalcup and Marguerite E. Zemanovic, 1974.
Hydrographic station data. Caribbean Sea, Atlantis II Cruise 78 and Knorr Cruise 37.
W.H.O.I. Ref. No. 74-90, 174 pp.
Metcalf, William. G., Marvel C. Stalcup and Marguerite E. Zemanovic, 1974.
Current meter and temperature records from the Windward Passage.
W.H.O.I. Ref. No. 77-29, 33 pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1977.
Trans-Atlantic XBT section by the Soviet research vessel Akademik Vernadsky, October 1976.
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 7)-1, W.B.D.I., 7 + iii pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1977.
XBT survey of two mesoscale features in the NW North Atlantic by the Soviet research ship Akademik Vernadsky, October 1976.
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 77-2, W.H.O.I., 10 + iii pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1978.
POLYMODE XBT survey by the Soviet research vessel Victor Bugaev, 10-21 July 1977.
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 78-1, W.H.O.I., 9 + ii pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1978.
POLYMODE XBT survey by the Soviet research vessel Akademik Vernadsky, 23 July - 2 August 1977.
XBT Tech. Rapt. No. 78-2, W.H.O.I., 9 + ii pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1978.
POLYMODE XBT survey by the Soviet research vessel Victor Bugaev, 28 July - 16 August 1977.
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 78-3, W.H.O.I.; 11 + ii pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1978.
Combined POLYMODE XBT surveys by the Soviet research ships Akademik Vernadsky, Petr Lebedev, Sergey Vavilov and Akademik Krilov, 7 August - 9 September 1977.
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 78-4, W.H.O.I., 16 + ii pp.
POLYM0DE XBT Group, 1978.
POLYMODE XBT surveys by the Soviet research vessels Akademik Krilov and Akademik Kurchatov, 18 August - 11 September 1977
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 78-5, W.H.O.I., 14 + ii pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1978.
POLYMODE XBT survey by the Soviet research vessel Akademik Kurchatov, 15 - 18 September 1977.
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 78-6, W.H.O.I., 7 + ii pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1978.
POLYMODE XBT surveys by the Soviet research vessels Akademik Krilov and Akademik Vernadsky, 22 September 16 October 1977.
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 78-7, W.H.O.I., 22 + ii pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1978.
POLYMODE XBT survey by the Soviet research vessel Vityaz, 29 October - 11 November 1977.
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 78-8, W.H.O.I., 8 + ii pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1978.
POLYMODE XBT surveys by the Soviet research vessels Mikhail Lomonosov and Vityaz, 11 - 26 November 1977.
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 78-9, W.H.O.I., 12 + ii pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1978.
POLYMODE XBT surveys by the Soviet research vessels Mikhail Lomonosov, Vityaz and Akademik Vernadsky, and the American research vessel Endeavor, 3 - 24 December 1977.
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 78-10, W.H.O.I., 19 + ii pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1978.
POLYMODE XBT surveys by the Soviet research vessels Vityaz and Mikhail Lomonosov, 25 December - 7 January 1978
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XBT Tech. Rept. No. 78-11, W.H.O.I., 12 + ii pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1978.
POLYMODE XBT survey by the Soviet research vessel Akademik Vernadsky, 2 - 15 January 1978.
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 78-12, W.H.O.I., 11 + ii pp.
POLYM0DE XBT Group, 1978.
POLYMODE XBT survey by the American research vessel Gyre, 22 January - 5 February 1978.
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 78-13, W.H.O.I., 10 + ii pp.
POLYMODE XBT Group, 1978.
POLYMODE XBT survey by the American research vessel Gyre, and the Soviet research vessels Akademik Kurchatov and Akademik Vernadsky, 15 February - 3 March 1978.
XBT Tech. Rept. No. 78-14, W.H.O.I., 16 +ii pp.
