Spectrum of gas bubbles and possibilities of acoustic spectroscopy in the surface layer of the ocean (Q2838925)

The authors propose an experimentally validated formula for the gas bubbles distribution function \(g(R)\) of the bubble radius \(R\) in the surface layer of the ocean: NEWLINE\[NEWLINEg(R) = A_gR^{-n}\exp\left[-n\left(R_p\over R-1\right)-R\over R_m\right],NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(R_m\) is the maximum radius of the bubbles, \(R_p\) is related to the maximum of the distribution function curve, and \(n \sim 3.5-3/8\) is close to the exponent value predicted by the Garret-Li-Farmer theory. This formula is applied to calculations of gas flow through the sea surface.