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Rogue Waves
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This site is under construction, and will shortly provide a set of references on "Freak" or "Rogue" waves.
On New year's day 1995, this wave rose up to 18.5 metres along the Draupner platform operated by Statoil, whereas significant wave height was only close to 12 metres as it shows on the right part of the figure.
One can see above the wave profiles for the 30 seconds (from blue to red) before the wave reached the platform.
It is noteworthy that a very deep trough can be observed (yellow curves) about 10 seconds before the maximum crest, 50 metres ahead, and that it is returned to normal at the time of that crest. Data courtesy of Sverre Haver, Statoil.
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Other Information
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During the Brest
SeaTechWeek 2004, Ifremer will organise a second international workshop dedicated to unexpectedly dangerous waves or groups of waves, the so-called Freak or Rogue waves. Dates are Wed. 20th to Fri. 22nd October 2004, at Le Quartz in Brest.
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During the Brest
SeaTechWeek 2000, Ifremer and IRCN organised a workshop dedicated to unexpectedly dangerous waves or groups of waves, the so-called Freak or Rogue waves. Dates were Wed. 29th and Thu. 30th November 2000, at Le Quartz in Brest.
The proceedings of that workshop can be ordered from the Ifremer publications department.
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