Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Oceanography / September 2005

It appears that in both Katrina and Rita that a second larger storm surge
happened 12-18 hours after the eye made landfall.  Obviously this happened
in N.O in Katrina.  Now reports are appearing from folks near Port Arthur
that they returned home right after the peak winds of ...

Tides, Seiches, River Bores, Storm Surges and Tidal Waves.
Johannes Keppler and Gallileo Gallilei once argued over whether the moon
was the main cause of the tides. Whilst massive assumptions that don’t
stand up to any scrutiny are applied in the description of how the moon

We have created some ocean colour tools for
visualizing various satellite products on
the web.
The online tools have now been made publicly

Are there any other explanations for the phenomenon reported in the
messages < NI: Waves North Channel 08-09-2005> on
alt.binaries.pictures.tall-ships?
Mike

Can anyone recommend good web sites that discuss sound velocity profiles or
sound propagation?  Are there are publicly available ray trace programs?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Can anyone give me any advice on how to calculate the Tidal Angles and
Factors (M2, S2, K1, O1) as published in the UK Hydrographic Admiralty
Tide Tables (Table V11) each year?
Stuart Eastland