Application of the Inverse Scattering Technique to deep water waves

We develop a method for the application of the Inverse Scattering Technique to the analysis of surface water waves and present here some evidence on its efficiency. The general idea is to interpret nonlinear wave groups in terms of soliton-type structures - envelope solitons in the framework of the integrable nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Such analysis can improve understanding of the nonlinear wave group dynamics and, in particular, could help to elaborate tools for short-term forecasting of dangerous waves in the sea. The technique may also be applied to the problem of the information decoding in soliton-based optical transmission lines.