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Process of Air-Sea Interaction

The direct physical contact of atmosphere, ocean & land enables the exchange of energy & matter.
                        Meteorology & Oceanographers studying air-sea interaction have therefore to deal with enormous scale of change & hundreds of factors that contribute in some way to exchanges between the atmosphere & the oceans.
Process of Air-Sea Interaction:
i.               Temperature: Temperature may transfer air to sea & also sea water to air. Due to this type of transfer air begins heating when heat input or cooling when release of heat to sea. Same process found in sea water.
ii.              Moisture: When dry air located over the sea it takes some moisture from the ocean water.
iii.            Salinity Transfer: Whenever wave breaks on the coast, small particles of saline water vapourished & after sometimes water can evaporate ultimate salt particle transfer from sea & moving away through air.

iv.            Friction: The wind transfer energy by friction drag of the air blowing over the water surface.
Fig: Air-sea interaction



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