Clifford H. Mortimer
1911-2010

Founding Director, Center for Great Lakes Studies
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Please direct inquiries to: Great Lakes WATER Institute
600 E. Greenfield Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53204

Education
  • B.S., Zoology, Manchester University, 1932
  • Ph.D., University of Berlin, 1935
Selected Recent Publications
  • Mortimer, C.H. 1991. Clues to the hydro- and biodynamics of southern Lake Michigan during the spring warm-up season, as revealed by Coastal Zone Color Scanner images. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Center for Great Lakes Studies, Spec.Rpt.No.39, 200pp (text), and Spec. Rpt. No. 40,188pp, 39 figs, 25 plates.
  • Mortimer, C.H. 2004. Lake Michigan in Motion: Responses of an Inland Sea to Weather, Earth-Spin, and Human Activities . University of Wisconsin Press. 310 pp. ISBN 0-299- 17834-X
  • U. Lemmin, C. H. Mortimer, E. Bauerle. 2005. Internal Seiche Dynamics in Lake Geneva. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50: 207-216
  • Mortimer, C.H. 2006. Inertial Oscillations and Related Internal Beat Pulsations and Surges in Lakes Michigan and Ontario. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51:1941-1955

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