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Rogue Waves in the Ocean (Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics)

By Christian Kharif , Efim Pelinovsky , Alexey Slunyaev

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2009
ISBN
3540884181, 9783540884187, 3540884181
LCC
GC227 .K45 2009
Open Library ID
OL23735212M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13804499 bytes)
Series
Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics
Edition
1
Pages
222\222
Library
Kingdwarf
Time added
2010-01-07 06:59:20

Description

The book is written for specialists in the fields of fluid mechanics, applied mathematics, nonlinear physics, physical oceanography and geophysics, and also for students learning these subjects. It includes a wide range of observational data on rogue (or freak) waves in the seas and coastal waters, as well as presenting a basic statistical description of extreme water waves. The book describes the modern approaches, including theoretical and numerical models applied to explain the physical origin of such anomalous waves on the sea surface, taking into account wind flow above waves and also variable bathymetry and currents. Apart from these analytical and numerical approaches, laboratory experiments and in-situ observations are reported too.

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