New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts
Semi-diurnal tides in Cook Strait
R. A. Heath
N.Z. Oceanographic Institute, DSIR, P.O. Box 12346, Wellington North,
New Zealand
Abstract The solution for the S
2 tide also fits closest to the observed tidal elevations for the non-rotational one dimensional solution, but the introduction of rotation leads to a two-dimensional phase-distribution pattern qualitatively similar to that observed. The ratio of the amplitude of the wave (£) advancing from the northwest into Cook Strait to that
(A) advancing from the southeast is substantially greater for the S
2 (B/A = 11) than for the M2
(B/A = 2) tidal constituent and leads to the region of most rapid phase change for S
2 being shifted further to the south than that for M
2.
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL
Received 7 July 1977; revision received 24 November 1977. N.Z. Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 12 (2): 87-97.
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