Model of the spume sea spray generation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Kudryavtsev, V N ^a,b   Makin, V K ^c,d  

^a Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Center NIERSC   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN STATE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Royal Nedierlands Meteorological Institute   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA SPRAY; WAVE CREST; WIND WAVE;

WAVES;

DROP FORMATION;

BUBBLE; OCEAN WAVE; SPRAY; WAVE BREAKING; WIND WAVE;

EID: 66949173714     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036871     Document Type: Article

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