Observed variation in the decay time of oceanic whitecap foam

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Callaghan, Adrian H ^a,b   Deane, Grant B ^a   Stokes, M Dale ^a   Ward, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER WAVES;

BREAKING WAVE TYPE; BREAKING WAVES; BUBBLE PLUMES; DATA SETS; DECAY TIME; DIGITAL IMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FORCING; FOAM STABILITY; FRAME RATE; FRAMES PER SECONDS; MARTHA'S VINEYARD COASTAL OBSERVATORIES; OBSERVATION PERIOD; PATCH AREA; PIXEL RESOLUTION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEA SURFACES; WEAK CORRELATION;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BREAKING WAVE; DIGITAL IMAGE; FOAM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PIXEL; PLUME; RESOLUTION; SURFACTANT;

EID: 84866671617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008147     Document Type: Article

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