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The meteorological factors contributing to geochemical cycling in general and air-sea exchange in particular Include processes as small in scale and transitory as the gust of air over a sand dune and as large in scale and as drawn out as the Southern Oscillation. Many of the smaller scale phenomena are so closely linked with specific source mechanisms or exchange processes that they are appropriately covered in later sections. Here I will discuss those aspects of meteorology which may contribute to an understanding of atmospheric transport processes at Intermediate and larger scales. We have at our disposal the full armamentarium of atmospheric science — the deductions of physics applied to the wind and rain.
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Merrill, J.T. (1986). Atmospheric Pathways to the Oceans. In: Buat-Ménard, P. (eds) The Role of Air-Sea Exchange in Geochemical Cycling. NATO ASI Series, vol 185. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4738-2_2
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