Predicting freakish sea state with an operational third-generation wave model

The understanding of freak wave generation mechanisms has advanced and the community has reached a consensus that spectral geometry plays an important role. Numerous marine accident cases were studied and revealed that the narrowing of the directional spectrum is a good indicator of dangerous sea. H...

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Main Authors: T. Waseda, K. In, K. Kiyomatsu, H. Tamura, Y. Miyazawa, K. Iyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-04-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/14/945/2014/nhess-14-945-2014.pdf