semidiurnal tide

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semidiurnal tide [¦sem·i·dī′ərn·əl ′tīd]

(oceanography)

A tide having two high waters and two low waters during a tidal day.

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No references found			The transport mechanism of planktonic stages of pink shrimp across the SW Florida shelf seems to depend heavily on semidiurnal tides and larval behavior, and much less on seasonal winds. Variability in supply and cross-shelf transport of pink shrimp ... by Criales, Maria M.; Wang, John D.; Browder, Joan A.; Robblee, Michael B.; Jackson, Thomas L.; Hittle, / Fishery Bulletin The appearance of "higher harmonics" (whose frequencies are a multiple of that of the basic, say, semidiurnal tide, or whose periods are a fraction of that of the tide) is the first indication of the importance of this adjective nonlinearity. Tides and their effects by Garrett, Chris; Maas, Leo R.M. / Oceanus Still to be worked out, say the researchers, is how the semidiurnal tides influence that strength and size of both the standing and moving internal waves. New wave at the Rock: standing in the Strait of Gibraltar by Weisburd, Stefi / Science News			semiconjugate axis semiconservative replication Semicontinuous Function semicontrolled mosaic semiconvection semicratonic semicrystalline semicubical parabola semidense list semidesert Semidesert Zones Semidesert Zones of Subtropical Belts Semidesert Zones of Temperate Belts Semidesert Zones of Tropical Belts semidetached binary semidetached dwelling semidetached house Semidetached Mode semidiameter semidiameter correction semidiesel engine Semidine Rearrangement semidirect lighting semidiurnal semidiurnal current semidiurnal tide semidome semidormancy semidouble semidull coal semielliptical arch semielliptical fanlight semiempirical computation Semienclosed Sea semiengineering brick Semifinished Material Semifinished Product semifinishing semifixed ammunition semiflexible joint semifloating axle semiforbidden line semiforbidden transition semifusinite semigel semigloss Semigroup semigroup theory semihydraulic lime Semik Semikarakorsk			Semidesert Zones of Subtropical Belts Semidesert Zones of Temperate Belts Semidesert Zones of Tropical Belts semidetached Semidetached binaries Semidetached binaries semidetached binary semidetached binary semidetached dwelling semidetached house semidetached house Semidetached Mode semidiameter semidiameter semidiameter correction semidiameters semidiameters Semidiapason Semidiapente Semidiaphaneity Semidiaphanous Semidiatessaron semidiesel engine Semidine Rearrangement Semidione semidirect lighting Semiditone semidiurnal semidiurnal semidiurnal current semidiurnal tide semidivine semidocumentaries semidocumentary semidome semidome semidomed semidomed semidominance semidormancy Semidouble Semidouble semidry semidull coal semielliptical semielliptical arch semielliptical fanlight semiempirical semiempirical computation Semiempirical Density Functional Approach Semienclosed Sea semiengineering brick semiepiphyte Semifable Semifeudal Semifeudal Semifeudal semifinal semifinalist Semifinals

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