Passive buoyant tracers in the ocean surface boundary layer: 2. Observations and simulations of microplastic marine debris

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 7559-7573

  Brunner, K ^a   Kukulka, T ^a   Proskurowski, G ^b,c   Law, K L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Sea Education Association   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

breaking waves; Langmuir turbulence; marine debris; microplastic; ocean surface boundary layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; BREAKING WAVE; DEBRIS FLOW; GYRE; KINETIC ENERGY; LANGMUIR CIRCULATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEA SURFACE; SIMULATION; TRACER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84956909709     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC010840     Document Type: Article

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