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Spiel 1995
Spiel, D.E. (1995). On the births of jet drops from bubbles bursting on water surfaces. Journal of Geophysical Research 100: doi: 10.1029/94JC03055. issn: 0148-0227.

The parameters of the births of jet droplets originating from bubbles bursts on water surfaces are presented. Results are given for bubble sizes Rb from 350- to 1500-μm equivalent volume radius in both sea and fresh waters. The ejection speeds of the jet droplet generated by a collapsing bubble and the height above the surface, as well as the time, at which the top drop breaks off the ascending jet have been measured. The dependence of the average droplet speed se on bubble size is shown to be an exponential for at least the top two drops. For the top drop this dependence is given by se=10.7 exp (-0.00127 Rb) m s-1 for Rb in micrometers which is a fit to measurements between 350 and 1500-μm radius. Extrapolated to small bubble size, this equation projects that the maximum droplet speed of ejection will approach 10.7 m s-1 as bubble size vanishes. Exptrapolated to larger bubbles, on the other hand, this equation projects that a bubble with Rb=3000 μm will emit a droplet with a speed of only 0.2 m s-1. The time t that the top drop separates from the rising jet is given by t=2.45¿10-5 R1.65b, where Rb is in micrometers and t is in milliseconds.

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Keywords
Oceanography, General, Marine meteorology, Oceanography, Physical, Air/sea interactions
Journal
Journal of Geophysical Research
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