Joseph Pedlosky

Joseph Pedlosky
Born (1938-04-07) April 7, 1938 (age 86)
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsOceanography, fluid dynamics
InstitutionsWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago
ThesisThe stability of currents in the atmosphere and the ocean (1963)
Doctoral advisorJule Charney
Websitehttp://www.whoi.edu/profile.do?id=jpedlosky
Theoretical developments in ocean circulation theory, 1991

Joseph Pedlosky (born April 7, 1938) is an American physical oceanographer.[1] He is a scientist emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Pedlosky was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1985. He is the author of the textbooks Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Ocean Circulation Theory, and Waves in the Ocean and Atmosphere: Introduction to Wave Dynamics.[2]

  1. ^ Pedlosky, Joseph (10 January 2012). "Pedlosky Receives 2011 Maurice Ewing Medal" (PDF). Eos. 93 (2): 22. Bibcode:2012EOSTr..93...22P. doi:10.1029/2012eo020016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pedlosky87 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).