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200 10$aBeyond the moon$b[electronic resource] $ea conversational common sense guide to understanding the tides /$fJames Greig McCully
210   $aNew Jersey $cWorld Scientific$dc2006
215   $a1 online resource (304 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-279) and index.
327   $aPreface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter One The Tides in History. The Challenge of Understanding the Tides on Earth; Chapter Two One Moon - Two Tides; Chapter Three The Lunar Orbit; Chapter Four The Solar Influences and Solar-Lunar Interaction; Chapter Five Celestial Harmonics; Chapter Six The Coriolis Force and Oceanic Amphidromes. Coastal Kelvin Waves. Tidal Currents. Sea Level; Chapter Seven The Seiche Effect and Basins of Oscillation. Tidal Intermixing; Chapter Eight Coastal Geography and Near Shore Topography, Resonant Co-Oscillation, Sustained Forcing
327   $aChapter Nine Shallow Estuaries and Tidal BoresChapter Ten Computation of the Tide-Tables and Chaos Theory; Chapter Eleven The Weather and the Tides. Atmospheric Tides; Chapter Twelve The Tides and Saltwater Fishing; Chapter Thirteen The Constituents of the Tides on Earth. Synopsis of Tidal Influences; Chapter Fourteen Epilogue; Practical Definitions; Bibliography; Index
330   $aFinally, someone has written a comprehensive, easily readable explanation of the tides on earth that is both simple enough for students and solid enough for their professors. Step by step, by analogy and illustration, Beyond the Moon describes how the cyclical motion of the near solar system is impressed upon the earth's oceans, and how the hydraulics over the continental shelf and the geography of the coastline orchestrate this rhythm into the bewildering variety of tide patterns seen around the globe. This volume demystifies the complexity of the tides by systematically examining its many co
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