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the State of the Science Executive Summary Coastal meteorology
is the study of meteorological phenomena in the coastal
zone—that is, within about 100 km inland or offshore of a
coastline. Weather in this region is caused, or significantly
affected, by the sharp changes that occur between land and sea
in surface transfers and/or elevation. With regard to surface
transfers, study of the