Wind influence on a rotary tidal current
- 1 December 1957
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union
- Vol. 38 (6) , 867-878
- https://doi.org/10.1029/tr038i006p00867
Abstract
At Amrum Bank in the German Bight the tide rotates counterclockwise, with the major current axis in the direction SE‐NW. This rotary tidal current is strongly influenced by the direction of the prevailing wind. Not only is the center of the current ellipse displaced by the variation in velocity and direction of the residual current, but the ellipse itself is greatly deformed. The major and minor axes vary in size, the symmetry of the ellipse changes, and considerable phase differences occur. The actual tidal current under the influence of both the displacement of the center and the deformation of the tidal ellipse varies greatly with a change in the direction of the wind.Keywords
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