Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introductory Concepts
- 2 Tidal Forcing
- 3 Celestial Motions
- 4 Tidal Constituents and the Harmonic Method
- 5 Tidal Wave Propagation
- 6 Tides in Coastal Seas and Basins
- 7 Internal Tides
- Appendix A Mathematical Formulae
- Appendix B Depth-Averaged Shallow-Water Equations
- References
- Index
2 - Tidal Forcing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2019
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introductory Concepts
- 2 Tidal Forcing
- 3 Celestial Motions
- 4 Tidal Constituents and the Harmonic Method
- 5 Tidal Wave Propagation
- 6 Tides in Coastal Seas and Basins
- 7 Internal Tides
- Appendix A Mathematical Formulae
- Appendix B Depth-Averaged Shallow-Water Equations
- References
- Index
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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- An Introduction to Tides , pp. 27 - 41Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019