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Research article
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09 Oct 2020
Research article |
| 09 Oct 2020
| 09 Oct 2020
A statistical analysis of rogue waves in the southern North Sea
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Ralf Weisse
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Jens Moeller
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 78, 20359 Hamburg, Germany
Oliver Krueger
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Max-Planck-Str. 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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- On the behavior of higher harmonics in the evolution of nonlinear water waves in the presence of abrupt depth transitions Q. Wu et al.
- Extreme wave statistics of surface elevation and velocity field of gravity waves over a two-dimensional bathymetry C. Lawrence et al.
- Characteristics of individual surface waves measured by moored buoys in the coastal waters of the eastern Arabian Sea V. Sanil Kumar & S. Mandal
- Brief communication: Implications of outstanding solitons for the occurrence of rogue waves at two additional sites in the North Sea I. Teutsch et al.
- Numerical study of wave forces on truncated cylinder arrays generated by focused waves Q. Fang et al.
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- Rogue waves in the sea: observations, physics, and mathematics A. Slunyaev et al.
- Real-world rogue wave probabilities D. Häfner et al.
- Integrated linear and nonlinear spectral analysis of extreme ocean waves N. Adami & S. Yim
- Registration of Nonlinear Hydrophysical Disturbances—Rogue Waves in Full-Scale Conditions G. Dolgikh et al.
- From rogue wave solution to solitons A. Chowdury et al.
- Characteristics of freak wave and its interaction with marine structures: A review S. Xue et al.
- Influence of wave-generation approach and structure position relative to extreme-wave event on wave dynamics and wave-induced loads R. Perić et al.
- Integrated decision support tools for managing operations and maintenance of offshore wind farms on different time scales A. Elizalde et al.
- Variations in wind wave parameters measured in the coastal waters of north-eastern Bay of Bengal T. Anju et al.
- Extreme statistics of wave forces on a horizontal cylinder behind a shoal K. Samseth & K. Trulsen
- Contribution of solitons to enhanced rogue wave occurrence in shallow depths: a case study in the southern North Sea I. Teutsch et al.
- A review of measured rogue waves: Spatio-temporal characteristics, occurrence probability, physical mechanisms, and predictability R. Fu et al.
- Non-homogeneous approximation for the kurtosis evolution of shoaling rogue waves S. Mendes & J. Kasparian
- The Challenges and Limitations of Validating Satellite-Derived Datasets Using Independent Measurements: Lessons Learned from Essential Climate Variables M. Langsdale et al.
- Supratransmission of rogue wave-like breathing solitons A. Hasmi & H. Susanto
- The Rayleigh-Haring-Tayfun distribution of wave heights in deep water S. Mendes & A. Scotti
- An investigation of rogue waves using UK coastal data J. James & V. Panchang
- Nonlinear Interaction of Infragravity and Wind Sea Waves G. Dolgikh & S. Dolgikh
- Dynamics of multiple rogue waves for (3+1)-dimensional variable-coefficient potential Yu-Toda-Sasa-Fukuyama equation Y. Tian et al.
- Symmetric influence of forward and opposing tidal currents on rogue wave statistics S. Mendes et al.
- Nonlinear Fourier classification of 663 rogue waves measured in the Philippine Sea Y. Lee et al.
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Short summary
Rogue waves pose a threat to marine operations and structures. Typically, a wave is called a rogue wave when its height exceeds twice that of the surrounding waves. There is still discussion on the extent to which such waves are unusual. A new data set of about 329 million waves from the southern North Sea was analyzed. While data from wave buoys mostly corresponded to expectations from known distributions, radar measurements showed some deviations pointing towards higher rogue wave frequencies.
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