Extracts from the Manual of Tides

• Main Author: Harris,Rollin A.
• Other Authors: COMMITTEE ON TIDAL HYDRAULICS (ARMY) WASHINGTON D C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1966
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; (*TIDES; HANDBOOKS); WATER WAVES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; OSCILLATION; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; RIVERS; STRAITS; BAYS; SHALLOW WATER; INLAND WATERWAYS; INDIAN OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Pacific; Indian
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0756364; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0756364

Contents: Introduction and historical treatment of the subject; Tidal observation, equilibrium theory, and the harmonic analysis; Some connections between harmonic and nonharmonic quantities, including applications to the reduction and prediction of tides; Outlines of tidal theory; Cotidal lines for the world; Currents, shallow-water tides, meteorological tides, and miscellaneous matters.