Tide
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Tides are the periodic rising and falling of Earth's ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun acting on the oceans. Tides cause changes in the depth of the marine and estuarine water bodies and produce oscillating currents known as tidal streams, making prediction of tides important for coastal navigation. The strip of seashore that is under water at high tide and exposed at low tide, the intertidal zone, is an important ecological product of ocean tides.
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- Oceanography: tides by J. Floor Anthoni (2000).
- Myths about Gravity and Tides by Mikolaj Sawicki (2005).
- Tidal Misconceptions by Donald E. Simanek.
- Our Restless Tides: NOAA's practical & short introduction to tides.
- Tides and centrifugal force: Why the centrifugal force does not explain the tide's opposite lobe (with nice animations).
[edit] Tide predictions
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- WWW Tide and Current Predictor
- XTide Tide Prediction Server
- Earth tides calculator
- Tides: Why They Happen -- Beaufort County Library
- Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University