Freak waves and 2004 - thought it was about the 2004 tsunami.
Freak waves spotted from space (2004)
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Re: Freak waves spotted from space (2004)
#12This article is from 2004. For more information on the project as well as the ugliest site you could possibly imagine, visit http://coast.gkss.de/projects/maxwave/ Edit: Apparently parts of their server have sunk as well.
I highly recommend visiting the site. It made me laugh. But then it made me sad. It's like visiting a house after it has been abandoned.
Re: Freak waves spotted from space (2004)
#13Summary of ocean surface topography measurement using satellite altimetry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_surface_topography
Not really related to wave size.
Re: Freak waves spotted from space (2004)
#14I always find it amusing how little we know about most of our planet. Then I get sad at the vast amount of scientists losing their jobs or having to work for large-company-for-profit since they can't get enough funding to research what they want.
Maybe we need to start getting scientists to use Kickstarter? "For $400,000 I can make some serious headway into rogue wave research and will publish all of my data in real time!" I'd toss a couple hundred at projects like this.
On a side note we need a website and very simple API for scientists to publish research in real time... with a not-horrible interface like most science websites have.
Re: Freak waves spotted from space (2004)
#15Out of curiosity, I went looking to see if this data has translated into thinking about ship design:
http://66.180.169.221/pdf/2007symp09.pdf
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/PubServices/2005pdfs/Rosenthal.p...
Re: Freak waves spotted from space (2004)
#16I always find it amusing how little we know about most of our planet. Then I get sad at the vast amount of scientists losing their jobs or having to work for large-company-for-profit since they can't get enough funding to research what they want. Maybe we need to start getting scientists to use Kickstarter? "For $400,000 I can make some serious headway into rogue wave research and will publish all of my data in real…
Awesome idea!! I wish this comment was an actual item in the top news of HN.
Re: Freak waves spotted from space (2004)
#17Article about the follow-up study from the German Space Agency, including some kind of map.
Re: Freak waves spotted from space (2004)
#18I always find it amusing how little we know about most of our planet. Then I get sad at the vast amount of scientists losing their jobs or having to work for large-company-for-profit since they can't get enough funding to research what they want. Maybe we need to start getting scientists to use Kickstarter? "For $400,000 I can make some serious headway into rogue wave research and will publish all of my data in real…
This exists. Petridish.org lets people help fund projects that wouldn't otherwise get off the ground, Kickstarter style
Re: Freak waves spotted from space (2004)
#19I always find it amusing how little we know about most of our planet. Then I get sad at the vast amount of scientists losing their jobs or having to work for large-company-for-profit since they can't get enough funding to research what they want. Maybe we need to start getting scientists to use Kickstarter? "For $400,000 I can make some serious headway into rogue wave research and will publish all of my data in real…
This exists. Petridish.org lets people help fund projects that wouldn't otherwise get off the ground, Kickstarter style
Indeed, this does cover the first part, they need to work on getting their name out there cause I've never seen this website before... Now for the 2nd part!