1 FrontMatter; 2 Introduction; 3 1 The Calm Sea; 4 2 The Four Winds and Waves; 5 3 Over the Bounding Main; 6 4 Tempests and Storm-Tossed Seas; 7 5 Swell; 8 6 Terror Waves: Tsunami; 9 7 The Southeast Asia Tsunami of December 26, 2004; 10 8 A Confused Sea; 11 9 Freaks, Rogues, and Giants; 12 10 When the Big Wave Comes: Are Ships Safe Enough?; 13 11 Davy Jonesa (TM)s Locker; 14 Appendix A Recent Research on Extreme Wave Models; 15 Appendix B Units of Measure and Conversion Factors; 16 Appendix C Glossary of Special Terms; 17 Endnotes; 18 Annotated Bibliography; 19 Permissions and Credits; 20 Acknowledgments; 21 Index; 22 Plates
Craig B. Smith
"For decades sailors have told tales of rogue waves, of 60-, 70-,
even 100-foot monsters that rise from a calm sea and overwhelm
ships. Scientists long discounted these because they just didn't
make sense. Proven models predict few storm waves as high as 50
feet, even in the midst of a severe storm, with one 100-foot
monster predicted every 10,000 years. Yet in July 2004, European
researchers announced that during a three-week survey, satellites
had captured images of 10 massive ocean waves, some nearly 100 feet
high. The sailors appear to have been right, and scientists do not
have an adequate answer." -- Johns Hopkins Magazine, April 2006
"It is straight out of a nightmare: a wave almost 100 ft high bears
down on your helpless vessel miles from the safety of the shore.
That is exactly what a team of British scientists faced as they
sailed near the tiny island of Rockall, in the Outer Hebrides. The
height of the sea was measured by an onboard wave recorder, making
it officially the biggest ever."
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