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The original Special Publications 9 Handbook - The
Australian Tides Manual - was published in
1984 and a revised version followed in 2004. As the title suggests, it
provided operating procedures to be followed by operators of tide gauges on
the Australian "National Network" - those stations that provide
data for tide predictions at standard ports. In the twenty years since it was
published, there have been a number of changes in measurement technology,
communications, and procedure, which now makes a new version of SP9
necessary.
Like the original SP9, this book is written for the Australian
user. As various governments worldwide define legal boundaries differently,
and have different procedural guidelines for tide gauge maintenance, datum
control, etc., many of the procedures which are described herein may not
be appropriate elsewhere.
This document brings together in a single,
user-friendly form, a large number of existing sources of information on
the measurement of tides and tidal currents. To some extent it is intended
to enable the reader to quickly find the most relevant and up-to-date
information.
This document contains numerous links to documents in
html and PDF (Adobe reader required) formats, such links are blue and underlined. If the user already has Reader on their computer the
document will be opened automatically, but otherwise, they will be prompted
to obtain a (free) copy from Adobe.
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