Wave Channel (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Wave Channel

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In order to investigate sea spray particles formed at the ocean-air boundary in nature, researchers used a 33-meter-long wave channel to replicate waves found in nature. They filled the wave channel, which is located at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, with seawater from the ocean.

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Courtesy of Christina McCluskey

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