Freak waves - more frequent than rare!
International audience Contrary to the widely held notion that considers the occurrence of freak waves in the ocean as being rare, from an examination of five years of wave measurements made in the South Atlantic Ocean, we found the occurrence of freak waves is actually more frequent than rare. Key...
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Language: | English |
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2004
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Online Access: | https://hal.science/hal-00317374 https://hal.science/hal-00317374/document https://hal.science/hal-00317374/file/angeo-22-1839-2004.pdf |
Summary: | International audience Contrary to the widely held notion that considers the occurrence of freak waves in the ocean as being rare, from an examination of five years of wave measurements made in the South Atlantic Ocean, we found the occurrence of freak waves is actually more frequent than rare. Key words. Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (waves and tides) ? Oceanography: physical (surface waves and tides; air-sea interaction) |
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