ABSTRACT
By any standards the scientific career of Norman Stuart Heaps was positively outstanding. He is perhaps best remembered for his pioneering work on the numerical modeling of tides and storm surges which eventually led to advanced flood-prediction models in use today. He is also remembered as a pioneer in other areas, such as the effects of tidal barriers, long-term circulation due to density currents, and the dynamical consequences of stratification in lakes, shelf seas, and the continental shelf slope.
