2004 Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Tides

Lectures by Myrl C. Hendershott and Christopher Garrett, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Directors Neil Balmforth and Stefan Lewellyn-Smith
Principal lecturers Myrl C. Hendershott and Christopher Garrett
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Contents

  1. PrefacePreface
  2. Lecture 1Introduction to Ocean Tides
  3. Lecture 2The Role of Tidal Dissipation and the Laplace Tidal Equations
  4. Lecture 3Solutions to Laplace's Tidal Equations
  5. Lecture 4Resonance and Solutions to the LTE
  6. Lecture 5The Spectrum of Free Waves Possible along Coasts
  7. Lecture 6Internal Tides
  8. Lecture 7Tidal Bores
  9. Lecture 8Tidal Rectification and Stokes Drift
  10. Lecture 9Tidal Rectification, Stratification and Mixing
  11. Lecture 10Tidal Power