Rogue waves occurred in the World Ocean from 2011 to 2018 reported by mass media sources
- Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Science, Department of Nonlinear Geophysical Processes, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russian Federation (eshurgalina@mail.ru)
A catalogue of anomalously large waves (rogue or freak waves) occurred in the World Ocean during 2011-2018 reported in mass media sources and scientific literature has been compiled and analyzed. It includes 210 hazardous events caused damages or human losses. The majority of events is based on eyewitness accounts, and as a rule is not confirmed by direct measurements. All collected events divided into deep water cases, shallow water cases and occurrences on the coast (gentle beach or rocks). The following parameters have been determined: date, location, damage, description, reference, and weather conditions. The most dangerous areas in the World Ocean in terms of freak waves are highlighted.
This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 18-77-00063).
How to cite: Didenkulova, E.: Rogue waves occurred in the World Ocean from 2011 to 2018 reported by mass media sources, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-4457, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-4457, 2020
