Re: Indirect high tide cause?

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

At 10:36 9/1/01 -0400, Herb Gottlieb wrote:

> When the sun and the moon are on the same side of the earth there is a
> very very high tide at that point (Spring Tide).
>
> However, an equally high tide occurs on the opposite side of the earth.
> All of the explanations that I have been able to find explain the causes
> of this indirect high tide. But they fail to explain why the level of the
> direct high tide and the indirect high tides have exactly the same level
> at given points on opposite sides of the earth.
/snip/
> Herb Gottlieb from New York City

This URL may be helpful:
<http://co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/restles3.html>

Brian W


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