A sea state-dependent spume generation function

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2363-2372

  Mueller, James A ^a   Veron, Fabrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPLET DISTRIBUTION; LIMITED DATA; SCALAR FLUXES; SEA SPRAY; SEA STATE; SIZE DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL SHAPES; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND FORCING;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

DROPLET; OCEAN WAVE; WAVE GENERATION; WIND FORCING;

EID: 73949109970     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4113.1     Document Type: Article

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