A possible mechanism of generation of extreme waves in shallow water
arXiv:nlin/0702052
Abstract
We consider a mechanism of generation of huge waves by multi-soliton resonant interactions. A non-stationary wave amplification phenomenon is found in some exact solutions of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation. The mechanism proposed here explains the character of extreme waves and of those in Tsunami.
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