Characteristics of bubble clouds at various wind speeds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Anguelova, Magdalena D ^a   Huq, Pablo ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOID FRACTION;

BUBBLE CLOUD; DECAY STAGES; FIRST QUARTER; FRESH WATER; GROWTH STAGES; LABORATORY STUDIES; PHASE SPEED; RISING BUBBLES; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES; VIDEO IMAGE; WAVE PERIOD; WAVE PHASE; WIND SPEED;

SPEED;

BUBBLE; CLOUD; LABORATORY METHOD; PHASE VELOCITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOID RATIO; WAVELENGTH; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84859127649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007442     Document Type: Article

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