ABSTRACT We obtained real-time monitoring data of water temperature, salinity, wind,
current, CH 4 and other oceanographic parameters in a coastal bay in the southern sea of
Korea from July 8 to August 15, 2003, using an environmental monitoring buoy. In general,
the transfer velocity of environmental gases across the air–sea interface is obtained
exclusively from empirical relationships with wind speeds. However, our monitoring data
demonstrate that the agitation of the aqueous boundary layer is controlled significantly by  ...