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Ch 11: Tides

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Ch 11: Tides

Objectives
- learn about regular rise and fall of tides
- investigate tides expected on non-rotating planet covered uniformly with water (equilibrium tidal theory
- study tides as they actually occur, made more complex by continents, oceans basins, rotation (dynamic tidal analysis)
Major Concepts
- I.
  - tides generated by forces
    - sun
    - moon
    - rotation of earth-moon system
- II.
  - fluctuating tide water levels
- III.
  - mathematical study of ideal tides
    - equilibrium tidal theory
      - laws of physics
    - dynamic tidal theory
      - natural occurence
- IV.
  - moon is most influential body in generating tides
- V.
  - lunar and solar tides interfere
    - periods different
    - constructive or destructive depending on time
      - add tides to approximate real
- VI.
  - latitude moon or sun overhead varies with time in regular fashion
- VII.

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