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    An amphidromic point, also called a tidal node, is a geographical location which has zero tidal amplitude for one harmonic constituent of the tide. The...
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    Baltic, and Caribbean Seas. A point within a tidal system where the tidal range is almost zero is called an amphidromic point. The tidal range has been classified...
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    and amplitude of the tide (pattern of tides in the deep ocean), the amphidromic systems of the oceans, and the shape of the coastline and near-shore...
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    amplitudes are increased. In the North Sea there are two amphidromic systems and a third incomplete amphidromic system. In the North Sea the average tide difference...
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    at the Earth's surface was first given by Newton in the Principia. Amphidromic point Disrupted planet Galactic tide Tidal resonance Tidal stripping Tidal...
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    at the same time. They sometimes all meet at a particular point called the amphidromic point, where the amplitude of the tide is almost null. "Cotidal...
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    tide and low tide, is practically zero due to the presence of an amphidromic point. Several internationally known companies have divisions here, like...
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  • generated current Whirlpool World Ocean Circulation Experiment Tides Amphidromic point Earth tide Head of tide Internal tide Lunitidal interval Perigean...
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  • Acousto-optics Airy disc Airy wave theory Alfvén wave Alpha waves Amphidromic point Amplitude Amplitude modulation Animal echolocation Antarctic Circumpolar...
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  • level. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with elevation. amphidromic point A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where...
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    between 1 and 2 hours. See Lake seiches. Index of wave articles: Amphidromic point Clapotis Longitudinal mode Mode-locking Metachronal rhythm Resonant...
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    analysis, and other problems. The computer found out that there was an amphidromic point in the South Atlantic at which the tide does not change. It also numerically...
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    generated current Whirlpool World Ocean Circulation Experiment Tides Amphidromic point Earth tide Head of tide Internal tide Lunitidal interval Perigean...
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    generated current Whirlpool World Ocean Circulation Experiment Tides Amphidromic point Earth tide Head of tide Internal tide Lunitidal interval Perigean...
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    per second. Hence from the point of view of the atmosphere, the ocean can be considered effectively stationary; from the point of view of the ocean, the...
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    normally slight, usually remaining below 30 centimetres (12 in). The amphidromic point is at the mid-width east of Ancona. The normal tide levels are known...
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    which carbonate mud is often produced. When reef accretion reaches the point that the foot of the reef is below wave base, a slope develops: the sediments...
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    southern part of the North Sea. Such a "no-tide zone" is now called an amphidromic point. In 1840, the naval surveyor William Hewett confirmed Whewell's prediction...
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    generated current Whirlpool World Ocean Circulation Experiment Tides Amphidromic point Earth tide Head of tide Internal tide Lunitidal interval Perigean...
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  • the south-west North Sea tidal amphidromic point (place of negligible tides); and splayed on the other the narrowest point and endpoint of the English Channel...
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    generated current Whirlpool World Ocean Circulation Experiment Tides Amphidromic point Earth tide Head of tide Internal tide Lunitidal interval Perigean...
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    inertial effects of the Moon, the Sun and the rotation of the Earth Amphidromic point – A point of zero amplitude of one harmonic constituent of the tide Amsterdam...
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    experienced here. This is a result of its close proximity to the amphidromic point outside Eigersund. The lakes Kumlevollvatnet, Lundevatn, Selura, and...
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    that there should be a point in the southern North sea where there is no tidal rise or fall - what is now called an Amphidromic point. Captain Charles Robinson...
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  • Amount of substance Ampere Ampere-turn Ampere model of magnetization Amphidromic point Amplified spontaneous emission Amplitude Amplitude damping channel...
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    observation of a point with neither rise nor fall of the tide. This had been predicted by William Whewell, and is now known as an amphidromic point. The east...
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    coasts there should be a point at which there would be neither rise nor fall of the tide - what is now known as an amphidromic point. This involved anchoring...
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  • at time t{\textstyle t} can also be interpreted as the velocity at that point in the Eulerian coordinate system. Using this relation, the Eulerian velocity...
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  • several groups of similar geometries with its own tidal dynamics. Amphidromic point – Location at which there is little or no tide Kelvin wave – Type...
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    nearer to or form places of almost no tides in and around each ocean (amphidromic points). Charted depths and drying heights on nautical charts are given...
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