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Peculiar Appearance of Nearly Symmetrical Tidal Flooding Time Along the Western Coast of Taiwan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2011

Wen-Jye Juang ,
Ming-Chung Lin  and
Wen-Jiunn Liou
Wen-Jye Juang*
Affiliation:
Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, R.O.C.
Ming-Chung Lin*
Affiliation:
Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617, R.O.C.
Wen-Jiunn Liou*
Affiliation:
Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan 100, R.O.C.
*
*Ph.D.
**Professor
***Senior Specialist
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Abstract

During the past several decades, nearly symmetrical tidal appearances, both the time of high water elevation and the tidal range, were noted along the western coast of Taiwan. Research corresponding to anomalous amplifications of tidal range have been well studied by Lin, et al. [1,2], but the particular symmetrical tidal appearance of high water time has not yet been clarified. In this paper, we firstly apply a harmonic analysis to tidal data compiling. Based on the results, the important symmetric appearances of high water time and tidal range can be located. Emphasis is given on the investigation of symmetrical distribution of high water time by superposing two progressive waves that interfere on a topographic shelf with specific width. A conceptual configuration of co-oscillating standing tides is proposed to demonstrate the symmetrical tidal range distributing in the space domain and oscillating in the time domain.

Keywords

Continental shelfConstituentsHigh water timeStanding tideOscillation
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , December 2001 , pp. 211 - 220
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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, R.O.C. 2001

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