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After some brief description of the major physical processes of the ocean, this paper discusses the prospects for numerical modelling of the atmosphere, the ocean and the coupled system. The importance of remote sensing for the necessary global observations is explained.
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© 1987 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Charnock, H. (1987). The Ocean and the Atmosphere. In: Vaughan, R.A. (eds) Remote Sensing Applications in Meteorology and Climatology. NATO ASI Series, vol 201. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3881-6_17
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