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Title: Why are winter tides higher in northerly latitudes?
Post by: Yusup Hizirov on 25/10/2018 12:21:38
Why are winter tides higher in northerly latitudes?
Title: Re: Why are winter tides higher in northerly latitudes?
Post by: The Spoon on 25/10/2018 12:57:50
Why are winter tides higher in northerly latitudes?

Have you evidence to show that they are?
Title: Re: Why are winter tides higher in northerly latitudes?
Post by: Yusup Hizirov on 26/10/2018 19:24:46
Why are winter tides higher in northerly latitudes?

Have you evidence to show that they are?
Calendar tides.
Title: Re: Why are winter tides higher in northerly latitudes?
Post by: The Spoon on 26/10/2018 19:44:43
Why are winter tides higher in northerly latitudes?

Have you evidence to show that they are?
Calendar tides.
Explain and give evidence.
Title: Re: Why are winter tides higher in northerly latitudes?
Post by: Bored chemist on 26/10/2018 23:55:26
Why are winter tides higher in northerly latitudes?

I'm fairly ure the grown-ups already pointed this out to you but...
"That many of the areas of the world with high ranges of tides are in the areas of Alaska, Canada, and northern Europe has created a misconception that the range of tide increases with increasing latitude (as one moves farther from the equator and closer to the poles). This is incorrect."
from
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/highesttide.html
Title: Re: Why are winter tides higher in northerly latitudes?
Post by: Yusup Hizirov on 04/11/2018 06:50:30
For one, Earth is closer to the sun in northern winters, so the combined tidal effect is higher when they coincide.  It happens in the southern hemisphere as well, but is isn't winter over there.
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Title: Re: Why are winter tides higher in northerly latitudes?
Post by: Halc on 05/11/2018 02:16:50
For one, Earth is closer to the sun in northern winters, so the combined tidal effect is higher when they coincide.  It happens in the southern hemisphere as well, but is isn't winter over there.
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Tides are stronger when the body creating the tides (the sun in this case) is closer, no?   The moon is not notably closer in the northern winter, but the sun is, by about 5 million km.
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