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FOREWORD 



The interactions between the atmosphere and the oceans have increasingly 

 attracted the attention of meteorologists and oceanographers in recent years . 

 It is generally agreed that progress in our understanding of, and ability to 

 predict the behavior of the atmosphere and the oceans depends on a knowledge 

 of the exchanges of matter, momentum, sind energy between the two fluid systems. 

 At the present time, adequate quantitative information on these exchange 

 processes at the air-sea interface is lacking. 



It -las come to be recognized that a strong interdiciplinary research 

 program in meteorology and oceanography is required for a more satisfactory 

 comprehension of the interactions between the two parts of the coupled air- 

 sea system. In several universities and other research institutions, Joint 

 programs of meteorological and oceanographic research are being conducted 

 with emphasis on exchange phenomena at the sea surface, and in the atmospheric 

 and oceanic boundary layers. The National Academy of Sciences has identified 

 air-sea interaction research as one of the scientific areas requiring increased 

 support, and the Federal Government has responded by establishing special 

 programs for this purpose . 



The Sea-Air Interaction Conference held in. Tallahassee in February 23-25, 

 1965, was suggested and arranged by Prof. Charles L. Jordan, Chairman of the 

 Department of Meteorology at Florida State University, in cooperation with 

 the Oceanography Institute of the University. The conference was co-sponsored 

 by the Sea-Air Interaction Laboratory (SAIL) of the Department of Commerce 

 (a joint laboratory of the U.S. Weather Bureau and the U.S. Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey). Mr. Feodor Ostapoff, acting director of SAIL, served as editor of 

 the Proceedings and arranged for its publication. 



In the congenial and informal atmosphere provided by the conference hosts 

 at Florida State University, meteorologists and oceanographers from many 

 universities, research institutions and government agencies exchanged views, 

 reviewed programs and problems, and laid the groundwork for future cooperation 

 in air-sea interaction studies. 



The participation of all the conferees in the work of the conference, and 

 the promptness with which they provided their papers to the editor for 

 publication in these Proceedings, are gratefully acknowledged. 



Jerome Spar 



Director of Meteorological Research, 



U. S. Weather Bureau 



