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Host: University of New South Wales
Homepage: http://www.austms.org.au/People/Conf/ASI99/asi99.html
Organizers: Michael L. Banner, Ian R. Young, Ian S.F. Jones
Description:
The causes and evolution of climatic change are among the principal scientific issues today. The interaction between oceans and atmosphere is a vital link in the dynamics of climatic variation. From the very small scales of near-surface boundary layers, to the global variation of ocean surface properties, to wind and wave distributions, there is much to be explored via theory and observations. Today the advanced development of electromagnetic (radar, optical, infrared) and acoustic remote sensing techniques complements the more traditional in situ methods and greatly increases the possibilities for learning more about the boundary layers that link atmosphere and ocean and that are vital in the regulation of our weather and climate.
This is the fourth symposium in a series dealing with the mechanics of the wind-driven air-sea interface and the adjacent boundary layers. It continues the previous major themes of theoretical, modelling and observational results on wave dynamics, upper-ocean mixed layer dynamics, the spatial structure and coupling of air and water boundary layers and the related use of electromagnetic and acoustic remote sensing methods for observing the interface and probing the boundary layers from above and below.
Date received: January 29, 1999
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