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HARMONIC PREDICTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Oceanography
DEF

... the method of predicting tides and tidal currents by combining the harmonic constituents into a single curve.

OBS

The work was usually done mechanically by a machine designed for this purpose, called a tide predicting machine; nowadays the work is done by computers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Prédiction de la marée ou du courant de marée qui consiste à calculer en fonction du temps les hauteurs de marée ou les courants de marée par la combinaison de leurs composantes harmoniques.

OBS

La hauteur était obtenue autrefois à l'aide d'un calculateur analogique mécanique qu'on appelle appareil de prédiction des marées.

Spanish

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