The impact of entrained air on ocean waves

Restrepo, Juan M.; Ayet, Alex; Cavaleri, Luigi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-28-285-2021

Articles | Volume 28, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-28-285-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-28-285-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 28, issue 2

Research article

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14 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 14 Jun 2021

The impact of entrained air on ocean waves

Juan M. Restrepo, Alex Ayet, and Luigi Cavaleri

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Final revised paper (published on 14 Jun 2021)
Preprint (discussion started on 24 Jun 2020)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'REVIEW: The Impact of Entrained Air on Wave Dissipation', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jan 2021
RC2: 'report', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Feb 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Juan Restrepo, 07 Mar 2021
AC1: 'Comment on npg-2020-22', Juan Restrepo, 07 Mar 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Juan Restrepo on behalf of the Authors (07 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Apr 2021) by Joachim Peinke

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (05 Apr 2021)

ED: Publish as is (01 May 2021) by Joachim Peinke

AR by Juan Restrepo on behalf of the Authors (08 May 2021)

Short summary

A homogenization of Navier–Stokes to wave scales allows us to determine that air bubbles suspended near the ocean surface modify the momentum equation, specifically enhancing the vorticity in the flow. A model was derived that relates the rain rate to the production of air bubbles near the ocean surface. At wave scales, the air bubbles enhance the wave dissipation for small gravity or capillary waves.