Sentences with phrase «rogue waves for»

Osborne has studied rogue waves for 20 years, but physicists have known about them for much longer than that.

Not exact matches

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.»

Scientists think that a perfect combination of events may be responsible for generating rogue waves.

Key to the new prediction technique is accounting for space - time effects that can increase the likelihood of a ship encountering a rogue wave.

The rogue wave study was done for the National Transportation Safety Board as part of its investigation into the disaster.

«We believe this first study of rogue waves occurring over space and time during hurricanes will help improve real - time forecasting for shipping companies and other organizations that need to understand the risk of extreme events in the oceans.»

A new analysis done to support the investigation into the 2015 sinking of the El Faro cargo ship has calculated the likelihood of a massive rogue wave during Hurricane Joaquin in October of that year — and demonstrated a new technique for evaluating the probability of rogue waves over space and time.

«The space - time model developed for this study could provide the basis for the next generation of wave forecast models to predict wave extremes and provide early warnings to shipping companies and others to help them avoid dangerous areas at risk of rogue waves,» Fedele said.

There is only one problem: The wave models that offshore engineers have used for decades almost never come up with a rogue wave.

An improved understanding of how rogue waves originate could lead to improved techniques for identifying ocean areas likely to spawn them, allowing shipping companies to avoid dangerous seas.

«What we have shown is that by combining knowledge of this spectra and using mathematics that accounts for second - order nonlinearities, we can reproduce the measured rogue waves almost exactly.»

In the end, Fedele said, the production of the rogue wave is simply chance: the rare combination of waves in what turns out to be a bad place for ships or oil platforms.

For a couple of years, the research team around Professor Chabchoub has already been able to create steered rogue waves in laboratory wave flumes.

«Using data and equations, we've determined for any given sea state the wave groups that can evolve into rogue waves,» Sapsis says.

Not only can you pull off beachy waves without worrying about a dozen bobby pins going rogue on the dance floor, but the surf - inspired style looks even better the next day when you're jumping on a plane for your honeymoon, too.

He was freezing, to start with - a rogue wave had struck the bow at dusk, soaking eight boys and washing the ship's dog into the hold, where it still yipped for rescue - but it wasn't the cold that worried him.

For the more science - minded traveler, Susan Casey's «The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean» takes readers on a high - octane trip in search of the world's giant waves, while also unpacking the fascinating mysteries behind them.

If you have plans to swim at this beach, please ensure you adhere to all the safety signage as Makena's Big Beach is well - known for frequent rogue waves.

The harder trophies include the Rogue Wave gold trophy for performing a level 10 stunt off a wave in The Ruins; the Elite gold trophy for finishing first position in all career events; the Renegade gold trophy for reaching level 20 in career; and the Reckless gold trophy for continuously boosting for 30 seconds on any track.

One week ago Lewis was vaulted to celebrity status by conservative and contrarian Web sites and commentators when he disseminated his letter of resignation from the 48,000 - member American Physical Society over its support for what he called «the global warming scam, with the (literally) trillions of dollars driving it, that has corrupted so many scientists, and has carried APS before it like a rogue wave.»

«When I joined the American Physical Society sixty - seven years ago it was much smaller, much gentler, and as yet uncorrupted by the money flood... the choice of physics as a profession was then a guarantor of a life of poverty and abstinence... How different it is now... the money flood has become the raison d'etre of much physics research, the vital sustenance of much more, and it provides the support for untold numbers of professional jobs... It is of course, the global warming scam, with the (literally) trillions of dollars driving it, that has corrupted so many scientists, and has carried APS before it like a rogue wave.

For reasons that will soon become clear my former pride at being an APS Fellow all these years has been turned into shame, and I am forced, with no pleasure at all, to offer you my resignation from the Society.It is of course, the global warming scam, with the (literally) trillions of dollars driving it, that has corrupted so many scientists, and has carried APS before it like a rogue wave.»

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