Name: Hans
Status: Other
Age: 40s
Location: N/A
Country: N/A
Date: N/A
Question:
Is there someone who knows how to calculate the height
of
high tide, using the basic physics of the solar system I learnt at
school?
Replies:
Hans,
This is a question for an oceanographer
with expertise in ocean dynamics. However,
I do know that the depth of the water and
surface area is important in determining
the tidal height as high tide approaches.
Sea-bottom characteristics have to be
taken into account.
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