Near-surface bubble size distributions and co-located upward-pointing sonar data collected in high wind conditions in the North Atlantic, October-November 2013.

• Main Authors: Czerski, Helen, Brooks, Ian, Gunn, Stephen R, Matei, Adrian, Al-Lashi, Raied
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC 2021
• Subjects: North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/c972e316-2b93-1b4e-e053-6c86abc02285; https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/c972e316-2b93-1b4e-e053-6c86abc02285/

The data included in this publication are bubble measurements from the HiWINGS (High Wind Air-sea Gas Exchange Study) cruise from October 9, 2013 to November 14, 2013. An 11 metre long free-floating spar buoy was deployed from the R/V Knorr KN213-3 cruise to sample bubbles during four major storms in the North Atlantic, and all the major bubble data is included here. The buoy included an upward-looking sonar, an acoustical resonator, a bubble camera, and a foam camera. It was released into the water to float freely for the duration of the storm and was retrieved by the ship after the storm had passed.