We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2022
This chapter describes the mechanisms by which tides may be deformed or distorted or rectified (all terms referring to the same phenomenon) when they enter semienclosed basins. The chapter first presents qualitative and quantitative arguments for the presence of distortions and the generation of high-frequency harmonics, that is, of periodicities in the tide that are shorter than the fundamental (semidiurnal and diurnal) tidal periods. The chapter continues by exploring the possibilities of the generation of high-frequency harmonics in what are referred to as shallow-water tides. These shallow-water tides can be overtides or compound tides, depending on what harmonics generate them. The chapter goes further with an explanation of the physical meaning of processes causing distortions. It concludes by providing a pair of examples of overtides and compound tides.
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.
