Sea spray concentrations and the icing of fixed offshore structures

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 662, 2012, Pages 131-144

  Jones, Kathleen F ^a   Andreas, Edgar L ^b  

^a Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ice accretion; Spray concentration profile; Spray generation; Spume

Indexed keywords

BURSTING BUBBLES; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; FIXED OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; HIGH WIND SPEED; ICE ACCRETION; ICE ACCUMULATION; OCEAN SURFACES; OFF SHORE PLATFORMS; PRODUCTION VELOCITY; SEA SPRAY; SPRAY CONCENTRATIONS; SPRAY GENERATION; SPUME; WEATHER DATA; WIND SPEED;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRILLING PLATFORMS; DROPS; ICE; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; SOLID SOLUTIONS; WIND EFFECTS;

SPEED;

BUBBLE; DROPLET; JET; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; SEA SURFACE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84856210796     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.897     Document Type: Article

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