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Simply a put, a few lasers shining out onto the horizon, which let off an alarm whenever they hit something. Sort of like the laser alarms in a banks vault. They should not hit anything, as they will be shining well above the water line. This will be located on a tower, with a leveling system to prevent
the ships rocking from forcing the lasers to contact the waterline. The lasers will always be level with the earth.
Possible problem: birds flying in front of the laser.
I just watched a show on the History channel about Rogue waves, and they seem very real considering all the sources and incidents.
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They're real enough. The problem you will have is that your system will only detect such waves as they cross the true horizon - depending on how tall your vessel is, that will vary a lot. And then you have to confirm if it's a real alarm, and then maneuver out of the way - no easy task for a big vessel, and if you react to every alert as real you would potentially waste a lot of time and fuel. |
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Satellite imaging or expendable buoy networks might be better. |
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With suitable modulation of the beam, and a sensor to detect the reflected light, you might be able to measure the distance to the rogue wave too. |
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Wave radar; or just Wadar |
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//Wadar// havoc for anyone who can't pwonounce their "r"s. |
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These lasers would be mounted on land, not boats. A laser beam
can't set off an alarm unless there's a sensor at the far end. Birds
though could be ignored because interuption would be momentary
vs. Sustained. I bun ya. |
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I'm with [8th of 7], I'm not convinced these happen often enough to be worth the expense, one of his systems seems more reasonable. |
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"Watch out; that rogue is waving at us again!" |
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I googled wave but am still none the wiser.
Incidentally, I thought that people were installing early warning sensors on the sea bed in strategic locations for just this sort of thing. |
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How about a Rouge Wave Alarm for detecting over-
friendly Communists? |
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As long as Sarah Palin isn't attached to it, I'd buy it ;-) |
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I suppose the laser tracker could detect the relative positions of hand, elbow and smile. Trigonometric algorithms compute a score based on velocity and seperation, with HM the Q as a fixed reference. If the score deviates more than a set amount, a klaxon sounds. |
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