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