Favre and Coantic 



Atmosph^rlques de la D^l^gation G^n^rale "k la Recherche Scientlfique 

 et Technique" Induced us to go further In that way, and secured the 

 financial support necessary to start the program. We are happy to 

 specially mention here the namie of Professor H. Lacombe , who 

 has been, from the very beginning, the adviser and ardent supporter 

 of the project. We have also received nnuch interest and helpful 

 advice from Ing^nieur G^n^ral R. Legendre, Professor L. Malavard, 

 and from numerous French and foreign scientists whose names cannot, 

 for lack of space, be mentioned here. 



The program is being supported by severed French govern- 

 mental Agencies, to which we are happy to have here an opportunity 

 to give due acknowledgments. We already mentioned the primary 

 intervention of the "D^l^gation G^n^rale \ la Recherche Scientlfique 

 et Technique" which supported the preliminary research program, 

 and granted the major part of funds necessary for the building of the 

 large air-sea Interaction facility. The "Direction des Enseignements 

 Sup^rieurs du Minist^re de I'Education Nationale," through the 

 "University d'Alx-Marseille, " has provided the building site and 

 financed the construction of offices and laboratories. The operational 

 cost of the research is presently supported by the "Centre National 

 pour 1 'Exploitation des Oceans." The program also benefits of the 

 direct or indirect aid of several other Agencies, chiefly the "Centre 

 National de la Recherche Scientlfique," the "Direction des Recherches 

 et Moyens d'Essals," and the "Office National d'Etudes et Recherches 

 A^rospatiales. " 



The results presented in this paper are the consequence of 

 the cooperative work of many individuals. The scientific and tech- 

 nical team in charge of the program includes a number of research 

 workers, doctoral students and technicians, to each of whom a 

 definite part has been attributed in the project management. We 

 shall mention: Dr. P. Bonmarln (Engineer in charge). Dr. A. 

 Ramamonjiarisoa (Study of dynamical Interactions), Dr. F. Resch 

 (Turbulence measurements in water flows), Mr, B. Pouchain (Model 

 tests), Mr, D, Leducq (Humidity measurements) , Mr. R. Ezraty 

 (Measurement of turbulent fluxes In water), Mr. B. Seguln (Turbu- 

 lent and radiative transfer computations), Mr. J. Quaccla (Designer), 

 Mrs. F, Laugler, and MM. P. Chambaud, B. Bacuez, M. Bourguel, 

 B. Zucchini and A. Laurence (Technical assistants having contributed 

 to the program). Last, but not least, we should like to acknowledge 

 the cooperation of the various contractors who have been, or still 

 are, contributing materially to the construction of the large wind- 

 wave facility, and of the associated equipments. 



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