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Gas Exchange and Evaporation Studies in a Circular Wind Tunnel, Continuous Radon-222 Measurements at Sea, and Tritium/Helium-3 Measurements in a Lake

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Turbulent Fluxes Through the Sea Surface, Wave Dynamics, and Prediction

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This paper reports on gas exchange research activities pursued at this laboratory, with the aim of increasing present knowledge on gas exchange and on the parameters which control it. Laboratory (wind tunnel) experiments as well as field work (with Rn-222 and He-3) are under way. — Two of the present authors (K.O.M. and D, F.) have previously presented [l] a theoretical treatment of the problem. Another, more detailed recent publication by Deacon [2] draws similar conclusions. The most important factor controlling gas exchange is wind speed; at low wind, however, surface cooling by evaporation is also to be considered.

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  1. Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg, Germany

    K. O. Münnich, W. B. Clarke, K. H. Fischer, D. Flothmann, B. Kromer, W. Roether, U. Siegenthaler, Z. Top & W. Weiss

  2. Dept. of Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    W. B. Clarke & Z. Top

  3. Physikalisches Institut der Universität Bern, Switzerland

    U. Siegenthaler

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Münnich, K.O. et al. (1978). Gas Exchange and Evaporation Studies in a Circular Wind Tunnel, Continuous Radon-222 Measurements at Sea, and Tritium/Helium-3 Measurements in a Lake. In: Favre, A., Hasselmann, K. (eds) Turbulent Fluxes Through the Sea Surface, Wave Dynamics, and Prediction. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9806-9_11

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