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Tides are the regular and predictable rise and fall of the sea caused by the gravitational attraction and rotation of the earth, moon, and sun system.
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Tides are the regular and predictable rise and fall of the sea caused by astronomical forcing. The study of tides has a long history and is perhaps the oldest branch of physical oceanography (Cartwright, 1999). One of the fascinations of tides is the number and diversity of the practical and scientific applications (Pugh, 1987). These include concern with problems of navigation, coastal flooding and erosion, transport of pollutants, and the extraction of tidal power. Tides also have a controlling influence on geological, sediment transport, water quality, and marine biological processes.
Tides are normally used to refer to the vertical change in sea level, whereas the term tidal currents is used for the horizontal movement of water (Parker, 2005). Sea level relates to the vertical change in the height of the sea...
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Haigh, I.D. (2016). Tides. In: Kennish, M.J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Estuaries. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8801-4_91
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