What is a crazy wave?

Freak Waves, also known as Rogue Waves, are legendary waves of more than about double the size of the largest typical waves. As long as one was recorded sensors on the Draupner oil platform in the North Sea in 1995, it was assumed that such waves could simply be a sailor with a high story. It is now known that crazy waves are very real, though very rare. They are as large, as high as 25 m (27 yards) or more in height that they represent a threat to ocean boats and other large ships. Given their danger and novelty associated with them, Freak Waves is a remarkable area of ​​study between oceanographers and physics. To visualize the effect of a crazy wave on an unfortunate ship, imagine a column of water size of a 12-storey building that collapsed at a speed of a fast car.

Freak Waves has long been part of sailors' stories in old times. They said about the waves tAk huge, it looked almost like the vertical walls of the water and progressed the trough so deep that there were real "holes in the sea". Such stories could play a role in the establishment of the myths of marine gods, such as Poseidon. In modern times, statisticians who are approaching the problem have used Rayleigh the likelihood of division to measure the likely size of the waves and found that waves with a height of over 15 m (16 yards) should be very rare. However, the satellite images and sensors of the ocean since 1995 have invalidated it, which shows that extremely large waves are actually more common than the theory would predict.

Scientists are still exploring the likely causes of crazy waves. One of the largest risk factors is when this area has a strong current running against the direction of waves, such as certain areas around South Africa. Another causal factor is probably diffraction focus - some shapes in the seabed or along the coast can focus the wool of one point. There may be constructive intervention - several smallerThe waves can take place in the same place simultaneously and together with a massive crazy wave. There are probably many other contributing factors such as wind speed, non -linear effects and focusing on current. Much more research and observation should be carried out before we really understand the phenomenon of crazy wool.