Influence of energetic wind and waves on gas transfer in a large wind-wave tunnel facility

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Rhee, T S ^a,b   Nightingale, P D ^c,d   Woolf, D K ^e,f   Caulliez, G ^g   Bowyer, P ^h   Andreae, M O ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLOW OF GASES; SOLUBILITY; THERMAL PLUMES; WIND TUNNELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BREAKING WAVE; DIFFUSIVITY; GAS EXCHANGE; PLUME; TURBULENCE; WIND FORCING; WIND TUNNEL; WIND WAVE;

BAY OF MARSEILLES; BOUCHES DU RHONE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41049084129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003358     Document Type: Article

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