Abstract
We make a physical-mathematical analysis of the implications that the presence of a large number of tiny bubbles may have, when present, on the thin upper layer of the sea. In our oceanographic example, the bubbles are due to intense rain. It was found that the bubbles increase momentum dissipation in the near surface and affect the surface tension force. For short waves, the implications of increased vorticity are momentum exchanges between wave and mean flow and modifications to the wave dispersion relation. For the direct effect we have analyzed, the implications are estimated to be non-significant when compared to other processes of the ocean. However, we hint at the possibility that our analysis may be useful in other areas of research or practical application.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 285-293 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 14 2021 |
Funding
Financial support. This research has been supported by the Na- Acknowledgements. The authors wish to thank the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for their hospitality and for supporting this research project. The KITP is supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Alex Ayet acknowledges the support from the DGA and the French Brittany Regional Council. Juan M. Restrepo acknowledges the support from the NSF/OCE grant. Alex Ayet would like to thank Bertrand Chapron for the insightful comments. We also acknowledge the comments and suggestions from the reviewers, which helped improve the clarity of the paper.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| French Brittany Regional Council | |
| National Science Foundation | |
| Division of Ocean Sciences | PHY-1748958, 1434198 |
| Division of Grants and Agreements | D0456JE075 |