Jump to content

Mean high water springs

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Citation bot (talk | contribs) at 04:41, 11 May 2020 (Add: title. Converted bare reference to cite template. | You can use this bot yourself. Report bugs here. | Activated by Amigao | Category:Oceanography | via #UCB_Category). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Mean high water springs (MHWS) is the highest level that spring tides reach on the average over a period of time (often 19 years). The height of mean high water springs is the average throughout the year (when the average maximum declination of the moon is 23.5°) of two successive high waters during those periods of 24 hours when the range of the tide is at its greatest.[1]

This level is generally close to being the "high water mark" where debris accumulates on the shore annually.

References

  1. ^ "Definitions of tidal levels and other parameters | National Tidal and Sea Level Facility".

External links

  • Definitions of various tide related terms on the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory site.


Stub icon

This oceanography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mean_high_water_springs&oldid=956032896"