Direct tide

From Glossary of Meteorology



direct tide

A gravitational solar tide or lunar tide in the ocean or atmosphere that is in phase with the apparent motions of the attracting body, and consequently has its local maxima directly under the tide-producing body and on the opposite side of the earth.

A gravitational tide that is in opposite phase to the apparent motions of the sun or moon is called a reversed tide.
See tide-producing force.


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