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The semi-diurnal tides in the Sicily Strait

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Il Nuovo Cimento C

Summary

The distribution of the semi-diurnal tides in the Sicily Strait is studied. The aim of this paper is not a best fitting of the observed tides by means of a mathematical model; such a purpose would be based on much more stations, better placed and having long series of data in order to obtain a clear definition of the phases. The present work is a test probing the reliability of what was devised by Sterneck (by means of semi-empiric consideration): the hydrodynamic numerical model confirm the Sterneck suggestions. Moreover the paper is a demonstration of the possibility to use models commonly employed in closed or semi-closed basins also, under some conditions, in the case of open basins.

Riassunto

Viene studiata con un modello idrodinamico la distribuzione delle maree semidiurne nel Canale di Sicilia. Lo scopo del lavoro però non è quello di approssimare le osservazioni col modello matematico (che dovrebbe essere un confronto basato su molte piú stazioni di quelle disponibili) bensí quello di verificare quanto ricavato in maniera piú approssimativa in un vecchio lavoro dello Sterneck. Il modello impiegato conferma la presenza del nodo delle maree semidiurne presso Pantelleria e dà anche conto delle elevate ampiezze dell'ondaM2 a Gabes, dove si verificano le maree piú forti del Mediterraneo. Il lavoro è anche una applicazione di un modello già usato in bacini marini semichiusi a bacini aperti, come il Canale di Sicilia, tenendo presenti alcuni accorgimenti di impiego che qua vengono proposti.

Резюме

Исследуется распределение полусуточнных приливов в Сицилийском проливе. Цель зтой статьи не является получение наилучмей подгонки набяюденных приливов с помощью математических моделей. Настоящая работа представляет проверку надежности результатов приближения, использованного в старой работе Стернека (используя полузмприческое расмотрение): гидродинамическая численная модель модтверждает предположения Стернака. Более того, в работе показывается возможность использования моделей, обычно применяемых для замкнутых или полузамкнутых бассейнов, а также при определенных условиях для случая открытых бассейнов.

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Mosetti, F., Purga, N. The semi-diurnal tides in the Sicily Strait. Il Nuovo Cimento C 12, 349–356 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02507205

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