Extreme Ocean Waves

Revised and updated second edition

Uses of fully nonlinear hydrodynamic numerical model to discuss rogue waves and tsunami waves

Presentation of statistics data, analysis of wave groups and the role of different factors like resonance in the formation and dynamics of large-amplitude waves

The occurrence of extreme waves, their variational and average wave conditions are studied on the basis of data from long-term observations

Revised and updated second edition Uses of fully nonlinear hydrodynamic numerical model to discuss rogue waves and tsunami waves Presentation of statistics data, analysis of wave groups and the role of different factors like resonance in the formation and dynamics of large-amplitude waves The occurrence of extreme waves, their variational and average wave conditions are studied on the basis of data from long-term observations Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Zusammenfassung

Revised and updated second edition

Uses of fully nonlinear hydrodynamic numerical model to discuss rogue waves and tsunami waves

Presentation of statistics data, analysis of wave groups and the role of different factors like resonance in the formation and dynamics of large-amplitude waves

The occurrence of extreme waves, their variational and average wave conditions are studied on the basis of data from long-term observations

Inhalt

Preface.- Rogue Waves in Higher Order Nonlinear Schrödinger Models.- Freak-waves: Compact Equation vs Fully Nonlinear One.- Occurrence of extreme waves in finite water depth.- Modelling of RogueWave Shapes in Shallow Water.- NonGaussian properties of shallow water waves in crossing seas.- Searching for Factors that limit Observed Extreme MaximumWave Height Distributions in the North Sea.- Extremes and decadal variations of the Baltic Sea wave conditions.- Runup of long irregular waves on plane beach.- Numerical study for run-up of breaking waves of different polarities on a sloping beach.- Tsunami waves generated by cliff collapse: comparison between experiments and triphasic simulations.- An Analytical Model of Large Amplitude Internal Solitary Waves.- Symbolic Computation for Nonlinear Wave Resonances.