spider Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I'm doing a bit of "homework" on tidal predictions.... Here is the NOAA link http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/currents11/cpred2.html#MNI see they give the lat and long for each station where each reading is taken. On the risk of flaunting my ignorance...I know I can type in the numbers and get the exact locations one by one but is there another way to bring up the locations just for an quick overview so a person can see which stations would be of interest and then target those for further details ?thanks...hopefully it won't be a case of "if you need to ask then you shouldn't...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdkilroy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 To be honest, I don't know that there is any easy way.A small scale chart illustrating the various tide reference and sub-stations would be great but I've always needed to plot them out if I was not familiar with the local name for the given location.I think Google earth might be handy here. You could cut and paste the lat and long (might need to adjust the format) into the search box on Google and it will provide you with the location. I usually use the appropriate chart and then plot the position of the tide stations permanently on it labeling them with the same name used in the tide tables.This is good winter work.Have fun, Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHuth Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Go to:http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/station_retrieve.shtml?type=Tide+DataClick on your state of interest, and then click on the "map data" button. You can then click on a station to get tide information. I can't seem to do the same thing with current, however, which was your original request, I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I heard that the current earthquake in Japan actually threw Earth slightly off axis. I wonder if that will alter our tides? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdkilroy Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 The change was calculated to be aprox 4 inches. That change in the distance of the axis of rotation from a presumed center of the earth as measured through the poles,(~7901 mi), results in a difficult-to-measure change in the angle of the axis of rotation. I'm sure the change will have a theoretical effect on tides for a while but I don't think that it will be to a degree that mariners (or kayakers) would be concerned by it. I would not be looking for any corrections to tide/current tables.Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 this link has some of the kind of overview I was thinking of but not the substations.http://www.gomoos.org/data/all_measurements.html?platform=B01you can click on individual buoys and the info comes up in this format or links into other graphicsthere is about a life time of info at the website it should keep me busy quite awhile... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 The change was calculated to be aprox 4 inches. That change in the distance of the axis of rotation from a presumed center of the earth as measured through the poles,(~7901 mi), results in a difficult-to-measure change in the angle of the axis of rotation. I'm sure the change will have a theoretical effect on tides for a while but I don't think that it will be to a degree that mariners (or kayakers) would be concerned by it. I would not be looking for any corrections to tide/current tables. JonOnly 4 inches? That doesn't even seem worth mentioning, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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