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But research in 2004 by the [http://www.esa.int/ESA European Space Agency] indicated freak waves are very common, and not always associated with currents like the Agulhas or the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream Gulf Stream]. During a three-week period, its MaxWave project using satellite-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar detected 10 massive waves, some nearly 100 ft (30 m). The next phase of the project, WaveAtlas, will analyse two years worth of data to map the location and frequency of freak waves.
<ref>Ship-sinking monster waves revealed by ESA satellites, ESA Portal, 21 July 2004, July 21, 2004, http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMOKQL26WD_index_0.html/</ref> <ref>Predicting Rogue Waves, Technology Review, March 01, 2007, http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/18245/</ref>
In 2005, the [http://www.nrl.navy.mil/ Naval Research Laboratory] in Mississippi reported that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ivan Hurricane Ivan] created waves of 30-40 m. Such rogue waves will become more common as hurricanes increase in frequency due to global warming.<ref> Hurricanes Whip Up Huge Waves, Philip Ball, Nature, August 4, 2005, http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050801/full/050801-10.html</ref> (Warmer water superheats hurricane cells.)
Even coastal waves can become rogues. Waves have been observed on the Alabama coast as high as 32 m; while coastal 30-ft waves are frequent in Maine.<ref> Vijay Panchang, Texas A&M University at Galveston, www.tamug.edu/mase/wave_file/wave%20%simulations.htm</ref> Rogues have also been observed on the Ottawa River.<ref>http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/egan-alone-on-a-quiet-river-when-came-the-giant-waves-mayday-in-a-canoe</ref>
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