Comparative analysis of available information concerning tides, based on particular, selective sources

• Autorzy: Kabziński P. M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article presents differences between tidal predictions taken from six official data sources (British, American and Caribbean comprising both paper and electronic form) for three pairs of ports located on the Atlantic coast of North, Central and South America. Two days of predictions represent spring and neap tide. The most essential final comparison of Time and Height Deviations from reference values (for particular ports: local or mean) show wide variety of the results.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

tidal prediction

PL

prognozowanie prądów pływowych

• Wydawca: Polskie Forum Nawigacyjne
• Czasopismo: Annual of Navigation
• Rocznik: 2007
• Tom: No. 12
• Strony: 31--40
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 6 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kabziński P. M.

• Gdynia Maritime University

Bibliografia

• [1] U.K. Hydrographic Office, NP202-04 Admiralty Tide Tables, 2004, vol. 2.
• [2] International Marine (accepted by the U.S. Coast Guard), Tide Tables 2004.
• [3] Trinidad and Tobago Hydrographic Unit, Tide Tables 2004.
• [4] U.K. Hydrographic Office, SHM (Simplified Harmonic Method of Tidal Prediction for Windows) DP560-Edition 2 (2004).
• [5] U.K. Hydrographic Office, ADMIRALTY TOTALTIDE DP550, Version 5 (2004).
• [6] NOAA web sites: http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/; http://www.noaa.org/.