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Abstract
A theoretical study is made of the response characteristics of two “box-models” and two continous models of the sea which could describe an air-sea exchange of matter. It is demonstrated quantitatively that the box-model can depict a transient exchange process correctly only when the time of internal mixing of the sea is small compared to a certain “transfer time”. Comparing the two continous models studied, one of which assumes a purely diffusive sea and the other a purely advective sea, one finds some interesting differences in the responce characteristics.