Rogue Waves and their Forecasting Miguel Onorato

Rogue Waves and their Forecasting
Miguel Onorato
Assistant Professor
Dipartimento di Fisica Generale
Università di Torino
Torino (Italy)
email: [email protected]
Abstract
Rogue or freak waves are ocean waves whose amplitude is much larger than their background sea state.
In the present seminar I will discuss different mechanisms of formation of such waves. I will show how
strong deviations from Gaussian statistics of the surface elevation (extreme waves) can be naturally
included in the operational wave forecasting models. Analytical results will be compared with
experimental data obtained in Marintek (Norway), one of the largest wave basins in the world.