Publication Date:
2016-06-07
Description:
The size of oceanic air bubbles produced by whitecaps and wave-breaking is determined. The production of liquid aerosols at the sea surface is predicted. These liquid aerosols are at the origin of most of the particulate materials exchanged between the ocean and the atmosphere. A prototype was designed and built using an optical technique based on the principle of light scattering at an angle of ninety degrees from the incident light beam. The output voltage is a direct function of the bubble diameter. Calibration of the probe was carried out within a range of 300 microns to 1.2 mm. Bubbles produced by wave-breaking in a large air-sea interaction simulating facility. Experimental results are given in the form of size spectrum.
Keywords:
FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER
Type:
JPL Proc. of the 2d Intern. Colloq. on Drops and Bubbles; p 182-186
Format:
application/pdf
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