Freak waves - More frequent than rare!

被引：22

作者：

Liu, PC

Pinho, UF

机构：

[1] NOAA, Great Lakes Environm Res Lab, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 USA

[2] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Dept Ocean Engn, BR-21941 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

来源：

ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE | 2004年 / 22卷 / 05期

关键词：

meteorology and atmospheric dynamics; waves and tides; oceanography : physical; surface waves and tides; air-sea interaction;

D O I：

10.5194/angeo-22-1839-2004

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

Contrary to the widely held notion that considers the occurrence of freak waves in the ocean as being rare, C, from an examination of five years of wave measurements made in the South Atlantic Ocean, we found the occurrence of freak waves is actually more frequent than rare.

引用

页码：1839 / 1842

页数：4