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On the short-term response of entrained air bubbles in the upper ocean: a case study in the north Adriatic Sea
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Venice, Italy
Trygve Halsne
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Bergen, Norway
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Øyvind Breivik
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Bergen, Norway
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Kjersti Opstad Strand
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Bergen, Norway
Adrian H. Callaghan
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Francesco Barbariol
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Venice, Italy
Silvio Davison
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Venice, Italy
Filippo Bergamasco
Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica, University of Venice “Ca' Foscari”, Venice, Italy
Cristobal Molina
Nortek AS, 1351 Rud, Norway
Mauro Bastianini
Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Venice, Italy
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We investigated the behaviour of air bubble plumes in the upper ocean in various stormy conditions. We conducted a field experiment in the North Adriatic Sea using high-resolution sonar. We found that bubble penetration depths respond rapidly to wind and wave forcings and can be triggered by the cooling of the water masses. We also found a strong connection between bubble depths and theoretical CO2 gas transfer. Our findings have implications for air–sea interaction studies.
We investigated the behaviour of air bubble plumes in the upper ocean in various stormy...
