Atmosphere–Sea Interactions

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In the previous chapters, we have touched in many occasions the interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean. Now it is time to talk orderly about them although it is useless to say that this topic would fill several books.

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Visconti, G. (2023). Atmosphere–Sea Interactions. In: The Fluid Environment of the Earth. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31539-8_13

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