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Oceanic micrometeorological field experiments: An historical perspective

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This paper provides an historical perspective on micrometeorological field experiments designed to evaluate air-sea interaction processes. Of course, marine meteorology is much older, and air-sea interaction has always been an inevitable part of it. But only in this century have the tools been developed to go from qualitative understanding towards quantitative measurements of interactions.

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Hasse, L. Oceanic micrometeorological field experiments: An historical perspective. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 50, 139–146 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120521

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