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Beyond the moon : a conversational common sense guide to understanding the tides / James Greig McCully.

McCully, James Greig.
2006
QB415.2 .M33 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Beyond the moon : a conversational common sense guide to understanding the tides / James Greig McCully.
Author
McCully, James Greig.
ISBN
9789812566430
9812566430
9789812566447 (pbk.)
9812566449 (pbk.)
Published
New Jersey : World Scientific, [2006]
Copyright
©2006
Language
English
Description
xvii, 285 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Call Number
QB415.2 .M33 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.46/4
Summary
"Step by step, by analogy and illustration, Beyond the Moon describes how the cyclical motion of the near solar system is impressed upon the earth's oceans, and how the hydraulics over the continental shelf and the geography of the coastline orchestrate this rhythm into the bewildering variety of tide patterns seen around the globe. This volume demystifies the complexity of the tides by systematically examining its many constituents and demonstrates that: "Nature is, at once, awesome in complexity and beautiful in simplicity.""--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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The tides in history. The challenge of understanding the tides on earth
One moon
two tides
The lunar orbit
The solar influences and solar-lunar interaction
Celestial harmonics
The Coriolis force and oceanic amphidromes. Coastal Kelvin waves. Tidal currents. Sea level
The Seiche effect and basins of oscillation. Tidal intermixing
Coastal geography and near shore topography, resonant co-oscillation, sustained forcing
Shallow estuaries and tidal bores
Computation of the tide-tables and chaos theory
The weather and the tides. Atmospheric tides
The tides and saltwater fishing
The constituents of the tides on earth. Synopsis of tidal influences
Epilogue.

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