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SUBMITTER: Ray RD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7688321 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science advances 20201125 48
The Moon's tidal potential is slightly asymmetric, giving rise to so-called third-degree ocean tides, which are small and never before observed on a global scale. High-precision satellite altimeters have collected sea level records for almost three decades, providing a massive database from which tiny, time-coherent signals can be extracted. Here, four third-degree tides are mapped: one diurnal, two semidiurnal, and one terdiurnal. Aside from practical benefits, such as improved tide prediction ...[more]