Open AccessThe quarter‐diurnal tide in the English Channel
Author(s) -
Hamilton James
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1978.tb03758.x
Subject(s) - channel (broadcasting) , geology , geodesy , motion (physics) , quarter (canadian coin) , geometry , mechanics , mathematics , physics , classical mechanics , computer science , geography , telecommunications , archaeology
summary . The English Channel is modelled by a simplified geometry which enables a quasi‐analytic solution to be obtained for the semidiurnal tide. This solution is then used to calculate the forced components of the quarterdiurnal tide from the non‐linear terms in the equations of motion.