New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Current measurements derived from trajectories of Cook Strait swimmers

R.A. Heath

N.Z. Oceanographic Institute, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, P. O. Box 12346, Wellington North, New Zealand

Abstract The amplitudes of the meridional tidal flow calculated from previously published relative tidal flow constituents are fitted linearly, by least squares, to the amplitudes evident from the trajectories of Cook Strait swimmers. The resulting absolute tidal speeds of the main tidal constituents M₂, Si, and N₂ are 1.1, 0.4, and 0.2 m.s"¹, respectively.

Keywords Cook Strait; tidal currents; harmonic analysis; swimmers.

New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 1980, 14(2): 183-188
Received 2 February 1978; revision received 26 February 1980

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