Anyone who has stood on a ship or a beach will recognize that wave motions are an essential element of the ocean environment and in its deeps along its margins and across its basins the ocean seethes with a wide spectrum of slow moving interior waves that are invisible to the casual eye of the surface observer. Waves in the ocean and atmosphere introduction to wave dynamics author joseph pedlosky edition illustrated publisher springer science business media 2003 isbn 3540003401 9783540003403. Waves in the ocean and atmosphere introduction to wave dynamics by joseph pedlosky springer 2003 260 pp isbn 3 540 00340 1 4995 hardback volume 506 c j r garrett. Pedlosky has spent his time well in writing waves in the ocean and atmosphere the writing is informal and engaging the clarity of the figures and text is uniformly high my message to students and researchers working in the fields of atmospheric and oceanic dynamics is buy this book