Rogue waves, which are any waves considered to be at least two times the height of the tallest waves around them, can be terrifying to those working at sea. Long reported only anecdotally by sailors, in 1995 a wave measuring 25.6 meters high (84 ft) struck the North Sea Draupner gas p...
Discussion Rogue waves are distinguished both by their height and the relatively unexpected nature of their occurrence. Heights in excess of 30 m have been recorded offshore. At sea, a wave is considered rogue if it has a minimum height of twice the mean significant wave height, defined as ...
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A rogue wave is twice the significant wave height of the region. They are bigger than the other water waves in the surrounding sea at that particular time and can be deadly since they are unpredictable and may strike a ship anytime.
Now that rogue waves were confirmed to exist, they suddenly provided an explanation for a series of mysterious disappearances. Ships had disappeared at sea for centuries. That was not unheard of. More often than not, they would sink due to an unexpected storm. ...
Rogue waves in the ocean - review and progress The main physical mechanisms responsible for the formation of huge waves known as freak waves are described and analyzed. Data of observations in the marine environment as well as laboratory experiments are briefly discussed. They demons... E Pelino...
Values above the threshold of D ≈ 10 indicate the possibility of rogue waves, with a rapidly increasing probability at higher D. Using time series analysis, it may therefore very well be possible to build "a device on the mast of a ship analyzing the surface of the sea"42 in ...
Rogue waves can cause significant damage to vessels and offshore structures and are linked to the loss of hundreds of lives at sea. They represent extreme statistical events with wave heights exceeding twice the significant wave height. The authors investigated a wave buoy data set collected off ...
Rogue waves, also known as freak waves, have received much attention in the scientific community as well as in media and the marine industry in the past two decades. Forecasts of extreme weather events have always been welcomed by the marine industry. Therefore, the development of warning criter...
We discuss linear physical mechanisms which are responsible for high wave formation, at first. Then, we proceed with a description of different sea conditions, starting from the open deep sea, and approaching the sea coast. Nonlinear effects which are able to cause rogue waves are emphasised. ...