- A
perigean spring tide is a
tide that
occurs three or four
times per year when a
perigee (the
point nearest Earth reached by the Moon
during its 27.3-day...
- have a
diurnal tide—one high and low
tide each day. A "mixed
tide"—two
uneven magnitude tides a day—is a
third regular category.
Tides vary on timescales...
- A king
tide is an
especially high
spring tide,
especially the
perigean spring tides which occur three or four
times a year. King
tide is not a scientific...
-
Nolle He came up with the name
while reading Strategic Role Of
Perigean Spring Tides in
Nautical History and
Coastal Flooding published in 1976 by Fergus...
- the wide average-range
between low and high
tide levels, 8 m (26.2 ft) with a
maximum perigean spring tide range of 13.5 m (44.3 ft). The
first studies...
-
metre (3.3 ft). Some
tides are
higher than others,
depending on the
position of the moon, the sun, and
atmospheric conditions.
Tides are semidiurnal, meaning...
- the
coastal areas.
Ocean tides on the
planet Earth are
created by the
gravitational effects of the Sun and Moon. The
tides produced by
these two bodies...
-
smaller tidal range than is usual, i.e.
lower high
tides and
higher low
tides.
Contrast perigean tide.
apparent place The
apparent position of an object...
- (disambiguation)
Argument of
periapsis Perigea, a
genus of
moths Perigean spring tide Perigee moon or
supermoon Perigeo, an
Italian progressive rock group...
- No 21
Ground Out (2019)
Dorothy Ker (born 1965): One
string quartet,
Perigean Tide.
Georges Lentz (born 1965): “Caeli enarrant…” IV (1991–2000), String...