Every mariner is aware that dangerous large breaking water waves occur on the world's
oceans. The scope of this review is somewhat greater. Wave breaking occurs at a large …

The part that sea spray plays in the air-sea transfer of heat and moisture has been a
controversial question for the last two decades. With general circulation models (GCMs) …

Whitecaps on the ocean surface mark localized areas where interactions between the
atmosphere and ocean are enhanced. Contemporary methods of quantifying total whitecap …

We present estimates of whitecap coverage on a global scale from satellite‐measured
brightness temperature of the ocean surface. This is a first step in a larger framework aiming …

Spray Stress Revisited in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 34 Issue 6 (2004) Jump
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A detailed physical model of the life history of a typical bubble plume, from its formation by a
breaking wave to its dissipation into the background bubble population, is given, and the …

Both experimental estimates and different parametrizations of the transfer velocity of poorly
soluble gases exhibit avery broad range of values at a given wind speed. Transfer velocities …

Sea surface images obtained during the 2006 Marine Aerosol Production (MAP) campaign
in the North East Atlantic were analysed for values of percentage whitecap coverage (W) …

Foam formations at the sea surface significantly contribute to microwave brightness
temperature signatures over the ocean for moderate to high wind speeds. The thickness of …

Observations of Wave Breaking Kinematics in Fetch-Limited Seas in: Journal of Physical
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