Author:
Claire O'Connell
Abstract:
Presents a new paper publshed in Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Sciences which describes more than 50 historical extreme-wave events in Irish waters and explains the differences between tsunami, rogue wave, storm wave and surfer's wave.
Extract:
"Trawling through sources such as buoy data, lighthouse and tsunami records, scientific and media reports and even stories of legend, the researchers looked to classify the events as storm waves or surges, tsunamis or more localised and unpredictable “rogue” waves."
"Overall what stood out from our look at extreme wave events is that we are now convinced there are more rogue waves off the west coast than anticipated, and that phenomenal sea states and swell do occur.”
Index terms:
Irish waters/ Rogue waves/ Storm waves/
Source: http://www.irishtimes.com
URL: http://www.irishtimes.com/the-extreme-waves-that-batter-the-irish-coast-1.1324542
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