| German Company Says It Can ID Rogue Waves |
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| Tuesday, 27 November 2007 10:57 | |||
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A German company specializing in radar technologies says it can identify so-called rogue waves that arise violently from an apparently calm sea. The new technology can be mounted onboard a ship or a stationary sea platform. Rogue waves have been talked about for hundreds of years, but because they develop and dissipate quickly, little documentation of the phenomenon exists. In 2001, two European Space Agency satellites photographed and measured two freak waves, as they measured sea-surface levels in the South Atlantic. Those waves did heavy damage to two cruise ships operating in the area. Click Read More for a link to the full story From New Scientist: Waves the size of 10-storey buildings that rear up suddenly from an apparently benign sea are the stuff of sailor's nightmares. Such 'rogue waves'can sink a ship or damage an off-shore platform, but a new radar early warning system could give crews a fighting chance to either evade the waves, or at least batten down the hatches.
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