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Evidence of the terdiurnal, S 3, atmospheric tide in the surface wind field over the ocean

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Surface winds were measured from anchored buoys at the corners of a 100-km triangle in the Atlantic ocean for three weeks in September 1972. The measurements were part of the British Royal Society Joint Air-Sea Interaction Project, JASIN-72. Peaks were found at a frequency of 0.125 cph (8-h period) in various wind statistics, indicating the presence of the terdiurnal, S 3, component of the atmospheric tides that had previously been extensively studied because it is a prominent component in surface air-pressure records.

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    Wayne V. Burt

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Burt, W.V. Evidence of the terdiurnal, S 3, atmospheric tide in the surface wind field over the ocean. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 12, 505–509 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123195

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