According to Ksiazek, the Navy and DIU launched the research two years ago. The University of Maryland is reportedly using artificial intelligence (AI) to help sailors detect killer rogue sea waves in advance, which continue to threaten the lives of people and ships.
Balakumar Balachandran and Thomas Breunung employ a neural network, an artificial intelligence technology, in their new study. The researchers trained their neural network on vast volumes of data collected from floating sensors (buoys) near coastlines.
The collection includes 14 million measurements, each lasting 30 minutes, that recorded wave heights from 172 buoys dispersed throughout the coastlines of the United States and the Pacific Islands.
The network was meticulously trained to distinguish between regular ocean waves and those that precede rogue waves. It learned to identify patterns that signal the imminent arrival of a rogue wave.
The researchers tested the tool’s capabilities using a second set of 40,000 sea surface elevation observations from the same buoys. (Photo : Jes Aznar/Getty Images) Filipino fishermen prepare their boat to sail to the West Philippine Sea despite harassment by Chinese militia and coast guard in the disputed waters on May 18, 2021 in Mariveles, Bataan, west of Luzon in the Philippines. The results of the testing were impressive. The method accurately predicted the development of 75% of rogue waves one minute in advance and 73% of erratic waves five minutes ahead, demonstrating the tool’s effectiveness.
Furthermore, the researchers used the technique on two new buoys that were not part of the training set. And it was still able to anticipate rogue waves with excellent accuracy. This implies that the program can forecast them even in new maritime regions.
Mariners have feared rogue waves, often strong storm waves, for decades. The waves are strong enough to collapse or wreck a ship.
NOAA defines rogue waves as more than double the size of the surrounding waves. These waves are typically seen in the open ocean and oceans.
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New Study Leverages AI to Predict Killer Waves With Significant Accuracy
