简介：Theturbulencestructuresnearashearedair-waterinterfacewereexperimentallyinvestigatedwiththehydrogenbubblevisualizationtechnique.Sur-faceshearwasimposedbyanairflowoverthewaterflowwhichwaskeptfreefromsurfacewaves.Resultsshowthatthewindshearhasthemaininfluenceoncoher-entstructuresunderair-waterinterfaces.Low-andhigh-speedstreaksformintheregionclosetotheinterfaceasaresultoftheimposedshearstress.Whenacertainairflowvelocityisreached,'turbulentspots'appearrandomlyatlow-speedstreakswithsomecharacteristicsofhairpinvortices.Atevenhighershearrates,theflowneartheinterfaceisdominatedprimarilybyintermittentburstingevents.Thecoher-entstructuresobservednearshearedair-waterinterfacesshowqualitativesimilaritieswiththoseoccurringinnear-wallturbulence.However,afewdistinctivephenomenawerealsoobserved,includingthefluctuatingthicknessoftheinstantaneousboundarylayerandverticalvorticesinburstingprocesses,whichappeartobeassociatedwiththecharacteristicsofair-waterinterfaces.