An animation of the simulated bubble plume evolution in the ocean. The air-water interface is assumed to be flat and at depth=0 m. There is no seabed: the animation represents a volume measuring  40 m x 50 m x 10 m at the top of an infinitely deep ocean. Every frame of the animation represents a second of the bubble plume's evolution.  The left side figure shows the spatial position of each individual bubble whilst the right side plots show the cumulative bubble population distributions for the layers at depths 0-1 m (upper plot) and 1-2 m (lower plot).

Click here for a movie showing the evolution of a cloud in water of just 2 m depth

Click here for a web page describing the equations behind the animation

Click here for published description of experiment

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This page was last updated by TG Leighton, 6 August 2004