Special Publication No. 9 Permanent Committee for Tides and Mean Sea Level   Preface   Contents   Introduction   1.  Tides, sea level, and water currents   1.1  Basic theory 1.2  Tidal terminology 1.3  Analysis and prediction 1.3.1  Tidal analysis 1.3.2  Tidal prediction packages 1.3.3  Tidal classification 1.3.4  Analysis of tidal currents 1.3.5  Long term sea level variability 1.4  Environmental effects 1.4.1  Weather-related effects 1.4.2  Shallow water effects 1.5  Tidal datum epoch 1.6  Tidal planes and levels 1.6.1  Harmonics-based definitions 1.6.2  Observations-based definitions   2.  Tide gauges   3.  Survey and levelling   4.  Current meters   5.  Australian standard ports   6.  Digital data handling   7.  Contact list, useful links, and bibliography     Download a printable version of SP-9 (PDF~1.4 Meg)