Aeration due to breaking waves. Part I: Bubble populations

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 989-1007

  Graham, A ^a   Woolf, D K ^a   Hall, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SONAR; WAVE EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

BREAKING WAVES; VOLUMETRIC BUBBLES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AERATION; BREAKING WAVE; BUBBLE; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 2942520852     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0989:ADTBWP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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