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Dataset for "Modeling of vertical microplastic transport by rising bubbles"
Summary
This is the dataset for a modeling study on how rising air bubbles in water transport microplastic particles vertically through the water column. The model helps explain why microplastics can be found distributed throughout ocean depths rather than concentrated only at the surface.
This is the dataset for the paper Lehmann, M., Häusl, F.P. & Gekle, S. Modeling of vertical microplastic transport by rising bubbles. Micropl.&Nanopl. 3, 4 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-023-00053-7
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