317a,"The atmospheric surface momentum flux is what the atmosphere is losing at the surface of the ocean. The surface momentum flux into the ocean is the momentum flux that is entering the ocean and driving the ocean circulation. The difference is that part of the atmospheric momentum flux goes into the waves and not into the ocean circulation or part of the momentum contained in the wave field that is transferred to the ocean when waves break. In short, the ocean surface has waves which modulate the momentum transfer between the atmosphere and the ocean interior."
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