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2 - Tidal Forcing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2019

Theo Gerkema
Theo Gerkema
Affiliation:
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
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Summary

In this chapter, expressions are derived for the tide-generating force and the associated tide-generating potential. The Moon and Sun act as the tide-generating bodies. The declination is introduced followed by an alternative expression for the tide-generating potential in terms of terrestrial coordinates, which serves as a starting point for Chapter 4. The Moon and Sun act as tide-generating bodies; their combined effect is qualitatively shown to result in a spring-neap cycle.

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Orbital motionscentrifugal forcegravitytide-generating forcetractive forcetide-generating potentialdeclinationorigin of spring-neap cycle
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An Introduction to Tides , pp. 27 - 41
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Tidal Forcing
  • Theo Gerkema, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
  • Book: An Introduction to Tides
  • Online publication: 08 June 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316998793.003
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  • Tidal Forcing
  • Theo Gerkema, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316998793.003
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  • Tidal Forcing
  • Theo Gerkema, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
  • Book: An Introduction to Tides
  • Online publication: 08 June 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316998793.003
Available formats
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