Clive Thompson on Nostr: They found a new equation to explain -- and possibly predict -- rogue waves They also ...
They found a new equation to explain -- and possibly predict -- rogue waves
They also landed on a new model of how and why these *monsters of the briny deep* emerge
Scientists used to think it was when one wave caught up with another and their peaks combined
but nuh uh
Apparently it's linear superposition -- when two waves reinforce, a different mechanism
Item #3 in my latest Linkfest: https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-15-altruistic-pigs-the-truetown/
They also landed on a new model of how and why these *monsters of the briny deep* emerge
Scientists used to think it was when one wave caught up with another and their peaks combined
but nuh uh
Apparently it's linear superposition -- when two waves reinforce, a different mechanism
Item #3 in my latest Linkfest: https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-15-altruistic-pigs-the-truetown/