On Benjamin-Feir instability and evolution of a nonlinear wave with finite-amplitude sidebands

In the past decade it became customary to relate the probability of appearance of extremely steep (the so-called freak, or rogue waves) to the value of the Benjamin-Feir Index (BFI) that represents the ratio of wave nonlinearity to the spectral width. This ratio appears naturally in the cubic Schröd...

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Main Author: L. Shemer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-11-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/2421/2010/nhess-10-2421-2010.pdf