The physics of anomalous ('rogue') ocean waves

Thomas A.A. Adcock; Paul H. Taylor

doi:10.1088/0034-4885/77/10/105901

The physics of anomalous ('rogue') ocean waves

Thomas A.A. Adcock^*, Paul H. Taylor

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Oxford

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Abstract

There is much speculation that the largest and steepest waves may need to be modelled with different physics to the majority of the waves on the open ocean. This review examines the various physical mechanisms which may play an important role in the dynamics of extreme waves. We examine the evidence for these mechanisms in numerical and physical wavetanks, and look at the evidence that such mechanisms might also exist in the real ocean.

Original language	English
Article number	105901
Journal	Reports on Progress in Physics
Volume	77
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/77/10/105901
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2014
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Physics and Astronomy

Keywords

freak wave
non-linear
ocean wave
rogue wave

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