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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2022-215
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2022-215
20 Sep 2022
 | 20 Sep 2022
Status: a revised version of this preprint was accepted for the journal NHESS and is expected to appear here in due course.

Freak wave events in 2005–2021: statistics and analysis of favourable wave and wind conditions

Ekaterina Didenkulova, Ira Didenkulova, and Igor Medvedev

Abstract. Freak or rogue waves are unexpectedly large waves in seas and oceans, which occur without specific reasons, and cause human loss, damage of ships, oil platforms, and coastal structures. Evidences of such waves are widely spread around the globe. The present paper is devoted to analysis of the unified collection of freak wave events from different chronicles and catalogues from 2005 to 2021. The considered rogue waves are not measured in situ data, but their descriptions, which have been found in the mass media sources and scientific articles. All of them resulted in ship or coastal/offshore structure damage and/or human losses. The collection accounts for 429 events. First, the analysis based on their characteristics taken from the descriptions of the events (including locations, water depth, damages) is carried out. Second, the analysis of wave parameters taken from the climate reanalysis ERA5 is performed. Thus, the most probable background wave parameters in time of freak event (including wind speed, gusts, significant wave height, maximum wave height, peak wave period, skewness, and kurtosis) for each freak wave event are determined.

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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on nhess-2022-215', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Oct 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on nhess-2022-215', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Oct 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Ira Didenkulova, 08 Feb 2023

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on nhess-2022-215', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Oct 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on nhess-2022-215', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Oct 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Ira Didenkulova, 08 Feb 2023

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Data sets

Database of freak waves in 2005-2021 Ekaterina Didenkulova, Ira Didenkulova, Irina Nikolkina https://www.ipfran.ru/institute/structure/240605316/catalogue-of-rogue-waves

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The paper is dedicated to freak wave accidents which happened in the World Ocean in 2005–2021 and were described in mass media sources. The database accounts for 429 events, all of which resulted in ship or coastal/offshore structure damage and/or human losses. In correspondence to each freak wave event we put background wave and wind parameters extracted from the climate reanalysis ERA5. We analyze their statistics and discuss the favorable conditions of freak wave occurrence.
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