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The impact of the hexos programme

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In HEXOS, a programme of coordinated laboratory, field and model studies, an international group of participants has extended the range of measurements of evaporation from the sea and has investigated the role of droplets in the transfer of water to the atmosphere. Predictions of a rapid rise in the evaporation coefficient at wind speeds above 15 m s-1 have not been substantiated. Wind stress measurements showed a relationship with wave age. New methods were developed for coping with flow distortion.

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  1. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, B2Y 4A2, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Stuart D. Smith

  2. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Kristina B. Katsaros

  3. Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, de Bilt, the Netherlands

    Wiebe A. Oost

  4. Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides, URA, CNRS, 1217 Ecole Centrale de Nantes, 1 rue de la Noë, 44072, Nantes, France

    Patrice G. Mestayer

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Smith, S.D., Katsaros, K.B., Oost, W.A. et al. The impact of the hexos programme. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 78, 121–141 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00122489

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