COASTAL METEOROLOGY -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Boundary Layer Processes -- CURRENT UNDERSTANDING AND CHALLENGES -- The Generic Atmospheric Boundary Layer -- Surface Interactions -- Internal Boundary Layers -- The Inhomogeneous Atmospheric Boundary Layer -- Boundary Layer Clouds -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 3 Thermally Driven Effects -- THE LAND BREEZE AND THE SEA BREEZE -- COASTAL FRONTS -- ICE-EDGE BOUNDARIES -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 4 The Influence of Orography -- INTRODUCTION AND BASIC PARAMETERS -- LOW FROUDE NUMBER FLOW: TRAPPED PHENOMENA -- Isolated Response: Kelvin Wave and Gravity Current -- Damming -- Gap Winds -- MODERATE FROUDE NUMBER FLOW -- KATABATIC AND OTHER LOCAL WINDS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 5 Interactions with Larger-Scale Weather Systems -- LAND-FALLING HURRICANES -- POLAR AND ARCTIC LOWS -- HYBRID FRONTAL CIRCULATIONS AND WINTER STORMS -- LOCALIZED LATENT HEAT RELEASE -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 6 The Influence of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer on the Coastal Ocean -- COASTAL PROCESSES -- Local and Remote Wind Forcing -- Ocean Fronts -- Storms -- Topography -- AIR-SEA EXCHANGE PROCESSES -- Wind Stress, Heat Flexes, and Trace Gas and Particulate Exchange -- Coupled Interactions with the Planetary Boundary Layer -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 7 Air Quality -- DISPERSION IN THE COASTAL ZONE -- DEVELOPING IMPROVED DISPERSION MODELS -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 8 Capabilities and Opportunities -- OBSERVATIONAL TOOLS -- In Situ Methods -- Remote Sensing -- MODELING TECHNOLOGY -- 9 Educational and Human Resources -- References.