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Rogue waves in the atmosphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2010

LENNART STENFLO and
MATTIAS MARKLUND
LENNART STENFLO
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
MATTIAS MARKLUND
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden (mattias.marklund@physics.umu.se)
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Abstract

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The appearance of rogue waves is well known in oceanographics, optics, and cold matter systems. Here we show a possibility for the existence of atmospheric rogue waves.

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