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The first quote is clearly true. A rogue wave is one that almost certainly resulted from a non-linear interaction of waves because its size is statistically un
by btilly 6y ago
The first quote is clearly true.
A rogue wave is one that almost certainly resulted from a non-linear interaction of waves because its size is statistically unlikely enough under the linear wave model. So anything 2+* the background waves.
It isn't the size of the wave. It is the size relative to the sea around it.
That said, the next sentence does not make sense to me. Particularly not given that it is also estimated that ships in the North Atlantic encounter an average of one rogue wave per year. (But mostly not in sufficiently high seas to be a problem.)
- paulcole 6y agoI mean if the second sentence is true then it definitely throws doubt upon the clear trueness of the first. If there is one of these per day in the entire world, then it’s very unlikely that anyone reading this has experienced one.
- btilly 6y agoPoint. However https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_wave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_wave quotes a researcher estimating that at any point in time there are an average of 10 rogue waves somewhere in the world. So the second quote appears to be a misquote. And everything else makes sense.