Improved M2 ocean tide from Topex/Poseidon and Geosat altimetry

C. A. Wagner, C.-K. Tai, and J. Kuhn

J. Geophys. Res., 99 (C12), 24854-24865, 1994.

National Ocean Service, NOAA, Silver Spring MD 20910

ABSTRACT

T/P collinear differences have been used to extract errors in the M2 tide model of Cartwright and Ray. The fluctuation of the power of these differences clearly shows the need for corrections at a period of about 60 days, close to the aliased periods of the M2 and S2 tides.