Wave breaking induced bubbles contribute a significant part of air‐sea gas fluxes. Recent modeling of the sea state dependent CO2flux found that bubbles contribute up to ∼40% of the total CO2air‐sea fluxes (Reichl & Deike, 2020,
Oxygen measurements by in situ sensors on remote platforms are used to determine net biological oxygen fluxes in the surface ocean. On an annual basis these fluxes are stoichiometrically related to the export of organic carbon from the upper ocean (the ocean's biological carbon pump). In situ measurements on remote platforms make it feasible to observe the annual biological oxygen flux globally, but the accuracy of these estimates during periods of high winds depends on model‐determined fluxes by bubble processes created by breaking waves. We verify the importance of bubble processes in the gas exchange model of Liang et al. (2013,
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10461289
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- DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
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- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
- Volume:
- 124
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 2169-9275
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- p. 2716-2727
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- National Science Foundation
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