Rogue Waves: Monsters of the deep (The Economist) - 0 views
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Jillian Williams on 24 Sep 091995- 2004 Waves are getting larger & more requent
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Rogue waves seem to occur in deep water or where a number of physical factors such as strong winds and fast currents converge. This may have a focusing effect, which can cause a number of waves to join together.
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ogue waves—which begin with a deep trough followed by a wall of water the size of an eight- or nine-storey building.
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2004 scientists using three weeks of radar images from European Space Agency satellites found ten rogue waves, each 25 metres or more high.