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Physical oceanography

the fraction of sea surface covered by breaking-wave foam, described as a power-law function of wind speed.

In physical oceanography, whitecap coverage refers to the fraction of sea surface covered by breaking-wave foam, described as a power-law function of wind speed. This meaning comes from Monahan (1980) in Journal of Physical Oceanography.[1]

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References

Monahan, E. C., & Muircheartaigh, I. (1980). Optimal Power-Law Description of Oceanic Whitecap Coverage Dependence on Wind Speed. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 10(12), 2094-2099. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1980)010<2094:opldoo>2.0.co;2

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