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1986: Vol. LXIII, No. 2

Direct Inference of Tidal Constituents Research Note

Submitted
July 31, 2015
Published
2015-07-23

Abstract

This paper suggests that the traditional methods for adjusting the results of a tidal analysis to allow for the effects of inferred constituents not included in the initial analysis are relics from the days of laborious manual computation. It proposes that the assumed relationships between inferred and reference constituents be incorporated into the initial analysis as conditions on the set of normal equations used in the least-squares solution. Conceptual and practical advantages of the proposed method are discussed.