SIXTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON TROPICAL CYCLONES Topic 1 . 3 Air - Sea Interface and Oceanic Influences
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The objective of this report is to document progress since IWTC-V in this thematic area from experimental, observational, empirical, theoretical, and numerical perspectives. The report begins by describing progress in upper-ocean processes that include the oceanic mixed layer (OML) and the thermocline. This section is followed by a discussion of the air-sea interface that includes surface winds and waves, and the communication to the atmospheric boundary layer through the momentum and enthalpy fluxes across the interface. These findings are summarized within a global context with specific recommendations on these important science issues to the WMO Commission on Atmospheric Science.
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