Frederick Drach Tappert | |
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| Born | April 21, 1940 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | January 9, 2002 (aged 61) Coral Gables, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Penn State Princeton |
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| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward A. Frieman |
Frederick Drach Tappert (April 21, 1940 – January 9, 2002) was an American physicist whose primary contributions were in underwater acoustics. He is noted for the development of the parabolic equation model and split-step Fourier algorithm for electromagnetic and ocean acoustic propagation.