Experimental study of air bubbles and turbulence characteristics in the surf zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Mori, Nobuhito ^a   Suzuki, Takuma ^b   Kakuno, Shohachi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Kokusai Kogyo Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); OCEANOGRAPHY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE; VOID FRACTION; WATER WAVES;

AIR BUBBLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; POWER LAW; SCALE EFFECT; SURF ZONE; TURBULENCE; VOID; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 41049085432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003647     Document Type: Article

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