On December 15, 2009, a very high wave crest was recorded by a local camera at the CNR-ISMAR oceanographic tower, 15 km offshore Venice in the Northern Adriatic Sea (Italy). The height of the estimated crest elevation appears well beyond the value (1,25·H) commonly used to identify a wave as freak. We document the wave event with a full description of the corresponding met-ocean conditions and related measurements, of which we provide a critical analysis.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7846790 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00825-x | DOI Listing |
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