Freak waves - more frequent than rare!
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...
| Published in: | Annales Geophysicae |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2004
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-22-1839-2004 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00034963 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00034917/angeo-22-1839-2004.pdf https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/22/1839/2004/angeo-22-1839-2004.pdf |
| Summary: | 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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