RISK ASSESSMENT OF ENCOUNTERING KILLER WAVES IN THE BLACK SEA
Journal: GEOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY
Year: 2012

The problem of assessing the risk for a vessel to encounter a killer wave in the Black Sea is considered. Analysis of in situ wave data obtained from the platform of Marine Hydrophysical Institute in the autumn of 2009 shows that occurrence frequency of abnormally high waves (freak, rogue, or killer waves) varies considerably on the time scale of several hours. It is shown that the formation of such waves is associated with nonlinear processes in the wave field, presumably, with the development