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Main Title Rogue Waves in the Ocean [electronic resource] /
Type EBOOK
Author Kharif, Christian.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Pelinovsky, Efim.
Slunyaev, Alexey.
Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Year Published 2009
Call Number GC1-1581
ISBN 9783540884194
Subjects Geography ; Physical geography ; Mathematical geography ; Oceanography ; Thermodynamics
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88419-4
Collation online resource.
Notes
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Contents Notes
Observation of Rogue Waves -- Deterministic and Statistical Approaches for Studying Rogue Waves -- Quasi-Linear Wave Focusing -- Rogue Waves in Waters of Infinite and Finite Depths -- Shallow-Water Rogue Waves -- Conclusion. "It came from nowhere, snapping giant ships in two. No one believed the survivors . . . until now" -New Scientist magazine cover, June 30, 2001 Rogue waves are the focus of this book. They are among the waves naturally - served by people on the sea surface that represent an inseparable feature of the Ocean. Rogue waves appear from nowhere, cause danger, and disappear at once. They may occur on the surface of a relatively calm sea and not reach very high amplitudes, but still be fatal for ships and crew due to their unexpectedness and abnormal features. Seamen are known to be unsurpassed authors of exciting and horrifying stories about the sea and sea waves. This could explain why, despite the increasing number of documented cases, that sailors' observations of "walls of - ter" have been considered ctitious for a while. These stories are now addressed again due to the amount of doubtless evidence of the existence of the phenomenon, but still without suf cient information to - able interested researchers and engineers to completely understand it. The billows appear suddenly, exceeding the surrounding waves by two times their size and more, and obtaining many names: abnormal, exceptional, extreme, giant, huge, s- den, episodic, freak, monster, rogue, vicious, killer, mad- or rabid-dog waves, cape rollers, holes in the sea, walls of water, three sisters, etc.