REFERENCE BOOK: SECRETS OF THE TIDE¹ is a practical introduction to tides and tidal currents that explains in everyday language the theory of tides and the harmonic method, long used as the standard for tidal analysis and prediction of astronomical tides throughout the world. In addition to tides, it explains other forms of sea level change that are hallmarks of a world experiencing global climate change - storm surge and sea level rise. It is an essential reference for professionals as well as lay persons who live or work in coastal regions along tidal waterways.

NOTICE: Companion software for this book has been listed since publication at the MathWorks Central file Exchange - see 'Companion Software for Books> Earth Sciences' category at: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/. Example data sets are provided along with the GUI-based programs titled Simplytides and Simplycurrents. The original programs are available for free downloading at this site. They will be replaced soon by two new commercial versions entitled WORLD TIDES and WORLD CURRENTS. These expanded MATLAB programs are described under Products on the home page of this web site.  
 

¹ Published in 2004 by Horwood Publishing Limited, International Publishers in Science and Technology, Coll House, Westergate, Chichester, West Sussex PO20 3QL England. Copies may also be obtained from www.amazon.com. The author is an Emeritus Professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary in Virginia, USA. He is a former commissioned officer in the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, the precursor of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.