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TIDES AND TIDAL ENERGETICS OF THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR : A MODELLING APPROACH

Abstract The main semidiurnal (M2 and S2) and diurnal (O1 and K1) tidal waves in the Strait of Gibraltar are simulated by employing a 2D high-resolution, non-linear, boundary-fitted coordinate model. Agreement between observational evidence and model results is good for the M2 and S2 tidal waves and satisfactory for the O1 and K1 tidal waves. The model reproduces all the known features of the spatial structure of these waves and predicts some new ones, namely, the general direction of the M2 and S2 mean tidal energy fluxes to the west, with a clear increase at the Camarinal Sill; the O1 amphidrome with anticlockwise rotation of cotidal lines in the Tarifa Narrows; and small-scale eddies in the M2, S2 and O1 mean tidal energy flux fields in the vicinity of the western and eastern boundaries of the Strait.

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