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What Causes Giant Rogue Waves?

Jun 14, 2023

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Introduction

2min

The Rogues of Waves

2min

The Drabner Wave

2min

The Linear Dispersive Focusing Mechanism

3min

The Linear Addition Mechanism and the Nonlinear Schrodinger Mechanism

2min

The Mechanism of Dispersive Waves

2min

The Differences Between Rogue Waves and Woodcarvings

4min

The Multi-Distance Mechanism of Rolling Waves

3min

The Drappner Wave in a Laboratory Environment

2min

10.

How to Make Asymmetric Waves

3min

11.

The Draupner Wave

2min

12.

Scaling the Wave Spectrum

4min

13.

The Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation in Optics

3min

14.

The Problems With Rogue Waves

4min

15.

The Role of Machine Learning in Predicting Rogue Waves

2min

16.

Quantum Magazine's New Daily Math Game, Hyperjumps

2min

Wave-science researcher Ton van den Bremer and Steven Strogatz discuss how rogue waves can form in relatively calm seas and whether their threat can be predicted.

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