Sentences with phrase «largest rogue wave»

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This relation of the Schrödinger equation to classical waves is already revealed in the way that a variant called the nonlinear Schrödinger equation is commonly used to describe other classical wave systems — for example in optics and even in ocean waves, where it provides a mathematical picture of unusually large and robust «rogue waves.»

«These large spikes are the rogues jumping out of a deepwater wave field,» Osborne says.

Rogue waves — also called freak waves — are unusually large surface waves that occur in the ocean.

Unlike other large waves, such as tsunamis or rogue waves, these rollers, called internal waves, do not ride the ocean surface.

Veteran sailors know that rogue waves can rise suddenly in mid-ocean to capsize even the largest vessels.

Rogue waves loom large among the many legends of the sea.

Physical processes affecting human health include rough seas that threaten both small and large vessels; weather disturbances such as typhoons and hurricanes; rogue waves; and surges from storms and tsunamis.

Rogue waves, also known as killer waves and abnormal waves, have an exceptionally large amplitude and may appear from...

Evocative descriptions of abnormally large «rogue waves» that appear out of the blue have been shared among sailors for centuries.