Editing Rogue wave (section)

=== The 1995 Draupner wave ===
{{Main|Draupner wave}}
[[File:Drauper freak wave.png|thumb|Measured amplitude graph showing the Draupner wave (spike in the middle).  Horizontal axis is seconds relative to a nominal (uncalibrated) start time of 15:20 UTC.]]
The Draupner wave was the first rogue wave to be detected by a [[measuring instrument]]. The wave was recorded in 1995 at Unit E of the [[Draupner platform]], a gas pipeline support complex located in the North Sea about {{cvt|100|miles|km|order=flip}} southwest from the southern tip of Norway.<ref name="TheWeek"/>{{efn|The location of the recording was {{Coord|58|11|19.30|N|2|28|0.00|E|display=inline}}}} 

At 15:24 UTC on 1 January 1995, the device recorded a rogue wave with a maximum [[wave height]] of {{cvt|25.6|m|ft}}. Peak elevation above still water level was {{cvt|18.5|m|ft}}.<ref name=PTaylor2005>{{cite web |url=http://www.icms.org.uk/archive/meetings/2005/roguewaves/presentations/Taylor.pdf |last=Taylor |first=Paul H. |title=The shape of the Draupner wave of 1st January |year=2005 |department=Department of Engineering Science |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=20 January 2007 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810055739/http://www.icms.org.uk/archive/meetings/2005/roguewaves/presentations/Taylor.pdf |archive-date=2007-08-10}}</ref> The reading was confirmed by the other sensors.<ref name="Sciencenordic.com">{{cite web|author1=Bjarne Røsjø, Kjell Hauge|title=Proof: Monster Waves are real|url=http://sciencenordic.com/proof-monster-waves-are-real|publisher=ScienceNordic|date=2011-11-08|quote="Draupner E had only been operating in the North Sea for around half a year, when a huge wave struck the platform like a hammer. When we first saw the data, we were convinced it had to be a technological error," says Per Sparrevik. He is the head of the underwater technology, instrumentation, and monitoring at the Norwegian NGI&nbsp;... but the data were not wrong. When NGI looked over the measurements and calculated the effect of the wave that had hit the platform, the conclusion was clear: The wave that struck the unmanned platform Draupner E on 1 January 1995 was indeed extreme.|access-date=2016-08-23|archive-date=2018-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018055020/http://sciencenordic.com/proof-monster-waves-are-real|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the area, the SWH at the time was about {{cvt|12|m|ft}}, so the Draupner wave was more than twice as tall and steep as its neighbors, with characteristics that fell outside any known wave model. The wave caused enormous interest in the scientific community.<ref name="TheWeek" /><ref name="Sciencenordic.com" />