Table 1
Tidal Potential Constants for Principal Tidal Constituents and
Associated Effective Earth Elasticity Factor
αjn
Species, j
n
Constituent
Tjn (h)
Cnj (m)
1
1
K1
Luni-solar
23.934470
0.141565
0.736
2
O1
Principal lunar
25.819342
0.100514
0.695
3
Q1
Elliptical lunar
26.868357
0.019256
0.695
2
1
M2
Principal lunar
12.420601
0.242334
0.693
2
S2
Principal solar
12.000000
0.112841
0.693
3
N2
Elliptical lunar
12.658348
0.046398
0.693
4
K2
Luni-solar
11.967235
0.030704
0.693
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