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Subject: [worldcruising] Waves
dave@XXX.XXX
Date: Mon Aug 20 2001 - 07:54:43 EDT
Philip, there is a growing body of interest in recent changes in wave
action and the resulting effect on coast lines and shipping. There
is stong evidence that the incidence of "rogue waves" is either
increasing or returning to a historically higher numeric frequency
and size.
Going from memory there was a publication in the authoritive magazine
Ocean Navigator several years ago which mentioned ongoing research
from one of the Swedish Institutes. I believe this was the
Gothenburg Institute. The theory put forward was that rogue waves
are only returning to heights that they were at prior to the world
wars. So much bunker was lost at sea during WWI and WWII that a film
was measureable on the worlds oceans. 50 years hence this is
starting to disipate and thus wave heights are no longer held down by
the damping effect of the oil. Interesting theory. The largest
wave, that is not produced by an earthquake, was recorded at 97 feet
level with the conning tower on the QEII.
Some publications you might want to look at:
NOAA Ocean Research Branch has several authorities. You can contact
them at
You might also take a look at
Proceedings of 2nd International Workshop on Wave Forecasting and
Hindcasting
Proceeding (CMM/WMO) Technical Conference on Waves, WMO
Tolman, H. L., 1998: A New Global Wave Forecast System at NCEP. In:
Ocean Wave Measurements and Analysis, Vol. 1, B. L. Edge and J. M.
Helmsley Eds., ASCE.
Chalikov, D. C., 1998: Interactive Modeling of Surface Waves and
Atmospheric Boundary Layer. In: Ocean Wave Measurements and Analysis,
Vol. 2, B. L. Edge and J. M. Helmsley Eds., ASCE.
Journal of Physical Oceanography
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