APPLYING THE WAVELET TRANSFORM TO STUDY THE FEATURES OF FREAK WAVES

Abstract

The issues of freak waves are more and more popular since the late 1980s. This study tries to use the wavelet scalogram of freak wave records to investigate the energy characteristics during the occurrence of the freak waves. Through the analysis of the wave energy and phase, it is found that as freak waves occur, the component waves will lead to constructive superposition due to similar phases. The wavelet scalogram provides the other idea to explain the feature of freak waves.