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OCEAN SCIENCE
Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 257-265Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/os-10-257-2014
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- Mobility Networks within the Institutional Strategy ZUK49 Heidelberg: Realizing the Potential of a Comprehensive University
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [FKZ 03F0611F]
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In a pilot study conducted in October and November 2011, air-sea gas transfer velocities of the two sparingly soluble trace gases hexafluorobenzene and 1,4-difluorobenzene were measured in the unique high-speed wind-wave tank at Kyoto University, Japan. This air-sea interaction facility is capable of producing hurricane strength wind speeds of up to u(10) = 67 ms(-1). This constitutes the first lab study of gas transfer at such high wind speeds. The measured transfer velocities k(600) spanned two orders of magnitude, lying between 11 cmh(-1) and 1180 cmh(-1) with the latter being the highest ever measured wind-induced gas transfer velocity. The measured gas transfer velocities are in agreement with the only available data set at hurricane wind speeds (McNeil and D'Asaro, 2007). The disproportionately large increase of the transfer velocities found at highest wind speeds indicates a new regime of air-sea gas transfer, which is characterized by strong wave breaking, enhanced turbulence and bubble cloud entrainment.
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