ppt课件-水属性（ water properties）.pptVIP

Tides Tides are Periodic, short-term changes in height of the sea surface Caused by gravitational forces The longest of all waves Always shallow water waves Forced waves; never free of the forces that cause them The Basic Physics of Tides Tides result from the COMBINED gravitational effects of the moon and sun acting on the earth Tidal force is Proportional to mass of earth, moon sun Inversely proportional to distance CUBED The Basic Physics of Tides Mass of the sun = 27x106 moons Sun is 387 times farther away from earth Which exerts a stronger tidal force? R3 for the sun is 58x106 The sun