Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-781-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-781-2016
Technical note
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09 Jun 2016
Technical note |  | 09 Jun 2016

Technical note: Common characteristics of directional spreading–steepness joint distribution in freak wave events

Shouhua Liu, Yizhen Li, and Xinyang Yue

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Common visual features were found in the joint distribution of directional spreading--steepness when freak waves occurred among seven “freakish” sea states. It's interesting that the visual features look similar. The common visual features supply an important cue for the theoretical and experimental research of freak waves.