User:Karlhahn/Tide Prediction
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Objective: Plan to explain the method of harmonic constituents as detailed in U.S. Govt. Special Publication 98[1]
Redirects will include Tidal Prediction | Tidal Constituent | Tidal Constituents | Harmonic Constituent | Harmonic Constitutents | Predicting the Tides | Prediction of Tides[2]
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[edit] Links to harmonic constituent data
- Xtide Downloads
- U.S. NOAA Tides and Currents Database
- U.K Tidal and Sea Level Facility
- University of New Hampshire database
[edit] References
- ^ Schureman, Paul: Manual of Harmonic Analysis and Prediction of Tides, USDOC Coast and Geodetic Survey, Special Publication 98 (1988 ed.).
- ^ Schureman, Paul: Manual of Harmonic Analysis and Prediction of Tides, USDOC Coast and Geodetic Survey, Special Publication 98 (1988 ed.)., p 14
[edit] Image repository
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First point in Aries. The point in the heavens where the sun crosses the equator going from south to north. |
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Projection of the first point of Aries onto the lunar orbit. |
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Ascending lunar node. The point in the heavens where the moon crosses the ecliptic going from south to north. |
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Lunar intersection. The point in the heavens where the moon crosses the equator going from south to north. |
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Inclination of the equator with respect to the ecliptic; approximately 23½°. |
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Inclination of the moon's orbit with respect to the ecliptic; approximately 5° |
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Inclination of the moon's orbit with repect to the equator; varies with time between 18½° and 28½°. |
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Longitude (in the moon's orbit) of the lunar intersection. The arc between ♈' and A. |
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Longitude (in the ecliptic) of the lunar intersection. The arc between ♈ and A. |
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Local zenith. The point in the heavens directly over the observer's head. |
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The point in the heavens at which the observer's local meridian crosses the equator. |
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Location in the heavens of the mean sun. |
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The point in the heavens at which the meridian of the mean sun intersects the equator. |
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Hour angle of the mean sun. |
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Hour angle of the lunar intersection, A |
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Location in the heavens of the mean moon. |
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The point in the heavens at which the meridian of the mean moon intersects the equator. |
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Hour angle of the mean moon. |
