Rogue wave
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 Merchant ship labouring in heavy seas as a huge wave looms astern. Huge waves are common near the 100-fathom line in the Bay of Biscay. |
Rogue waves (also known as freak waves, monster waves, killer waves, extreme waves, and abnormal waves) are relatively large and spontaneous ocean surface waves that occur far out at sea, and are a threat even to large ships and ocean liners. In oceanography, they are more precisely defined as waves whose height is more than twice the significant wave height (SWH), which is itself defined as the mean of the largest third of waves in a wave record. Therefore rogue waves are not necessarily the biggest waves found at sea; they are, rather, surprisingly large waves for a given sea state. Rogue waves seem not to have a single distinct cause, but occur where physical factors such as high winds and strong currents cause waves to merge to create a single exceptionally large wave.
- Related: Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Agulhas Current, Bermuda Triangle, Clapotis, Extreme value theory, Gulf Stream, Kuroshio Current, Ocean current, Ocean surface wave, Sneaker wave, Soliton, Wave–current interaction, White squall, Resonance
| Freak waves spotted from space Freak waves spotted from space news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3917539.stm - Web |
| Ship-sinking monster waves revealed by ESA satelli... Ship-sinking monster waves revealed by ESA satellites www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMOKQL26WD_index_0.html - Web |
| MaxWave project MaxWave project coast.gkss.de/projects/maxwave/ - Web |
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| Rogue Wave Workshop (2005) Rogue Wave Workshop (2005) www.icms.org.uk/archive/meetings/2005/roguewaves/index.html - Web |
| Rogue Waves 2004 Rogue Waves 2004 www.ifremer.fr/web-com/stw2004/rw/index.html - Web |
| Fluid Mechanics website with movies, Q&A, etc Fluid Mechanics website with movies, Q&A, etc www.weizmann.ac.il/complex/falkovich/fluid-mechanics - Web |
| BBC News Report on Wave Research BBC News Report on Wave Research www.kayotix.com/tmp/newsfeeds/21.08.04/waveresearch/ - Web |
| The BBC's Horizon "Freak waves" first aired in Nov... The BBC's Horizon "Freak waves" first aired in November 2002 www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/freakwave.shtml - Web |
| 'Giant Waves on the Open Sea' 'Giant Waves on the Open Sea' www.gresham.ac.uk/event.asp?PageId=45&EventId=729 - Web |
| TV program description TV program description www.janson.com/.../ - Web |
| New Scientist article 06/2001 New Scientist article 06/2001 seastead.org/localres/misc-articles/lawton_newsci_06_30_01.html - Web |
Low relevance
| Freak Wave Research in Japan Freak Wave Research in Japan www.oceanwave.jp/.../index.php?Research%2FFreak%20(Rogue)%20Wave%20Prediction - Web |
| Rogue Giants at Sea Rogue Giants at Sea www.nytimes.com/.../11wave.html?ei=5090&en=d5cdc1cbc2182342&ex=1310270400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print - Web |
