On the Near Surface Population of Oceanic Microbubbles
Abstract
A recent semi-empirical model of near-surface bubble size distributions is compared with the measurements of Walsh and Mulhearn (1987), and is shown to provide a satisfactory description, for bubble radii greater than approximately 70 microns. A strength of the method is that it can relate whitecap coverage, which is readily observable, to bubble numbers, and the former is very likely to be a better parameter than wind-speed, the normally used variable, for estimating bubble numbers. (edc)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA224483
Entities
People
- P. J. Mulhearn