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Volume 9, Number 1 (2008)

Development of Indigenous Nigerian Tide Tables: The Challenge Before the Developing Nations

Submitted
August 13, 2013
Published
2008-01-01

Abstract

Tidal analysis and prediction have become subjects in which a number of institutions located in coastal nations are involved, either for the improvement of knowledge of the environment or for purely commercial purposes. This paper discusses the effort being made in some developing nations particularly in Nigeria, towards joining other nations in developing their own tide tables. It shows that a lack of awareness of the importance of tidal information by the policy makers and the difficulty of obtaining cooperation from the developed nations. It goes on to discuss the approach taken by the University of Nigeria to develop Indigenous Nigerian Tide Tables.