Concentrations of sea-spray droplets at various wind velocities: Separating productions through bubble bursting and wind tearing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 195-200

  Jin, Wu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BUBBLE; DROPLET; SEA SURFACE; SPRAY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0343133859     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0195:cossda>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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