Title

Rogue waves, dissipation, and downshifting

Authors

Authors

A. Islas;C. M. Schober

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Physica D

Keywords

Rogue waves; Freak waves; Downshifting; Nonlinear damping; Nonlinear; Schrodinger equation; Dysthe equation; NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER-EQUATION; DEEP-WATER WAVES; SURFACE GRAVITY-WAVES; FREQUENCY DOWNSHIFT; MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY; FREAK WAVES; EVOLUTION; WIND; MECHANISM; DYNAMICS; Mathematics, Applied; Physics, Multidisciplinary; Physics, Mathematical

Abstract

We investigate the effects of dissipation on the development of rogue waves and downshifting by adding nonlinear and linear damping terms to the one-dimensional Dysthe equation. Significantly, rogue waves do not develop after the downshifting becomes permanent. Thus in our experiments permanent downshifting serves as an indicator that damping is sufficient to prevent the further development of rogue waves. Using the inverse spectral theory of the NLS equation, simulations of the damped Dysthe equation for sea states characterized by JONSWAP spectrum consistently show that rogue wave events are well-predicted by proximity to homoclinic data, as measured by the spectral splitting distance delta. The cut off distance delta(cutoff) decreases as the strength of the damping increases, indicating that for stronger damping the JONSWAP initial data must be closer to homoclinic data for rogue waves to occur. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Physica D-Nonlinear Phenomena

Volume

240

Issue/Number

12

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1041

Last Page

1054

WOS Identifier

WOS:000292807600007

ISSN

0167-2789

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