R D Ray, A global ocean tide model from Topex/Poseidon altimetry: GOT99.2, NASA Tech. Memo. 209478, Goddard Space Flight Center, 58 pp., 1999.
These spherical harmonic coefficients correspond to the GOT99.2 tide model of Ray (1999). (Note: GOT = Goddard/Grenoble Ocean Tide.) The data are primarily based on the tidal analyses of 6 years of Topex/Poseidon altimeter data, supplemented with several hydrodynamic models in shallow and polar seas. See Ray (1999) for details on model development, as well as for comparisons of the model with tide gauge measurements.
These coefficients follow a consistent
convention.
Coefficients are given for prograde and retrograde waves.
(In this context, "prograde" means in the direction of the tide-raising
body, i.e. westward; this use follows standard tidal terminology,
but it is opposite to that used for polar motion.)
Amplitude units are mm; phase lags are in degrees.
Q1 n m D+ psi+ D- psi- 1 0 3.048 283.72 1 1 .736 56.92 .894 325.10 2 0 3.382 313.82 2 1 5.771 136.62 2.888 284.04 2 2 .977 344.01 .341 252.46 3 0 1.273 15.53 3 1 3.750 341.58 2.356 98.53 3 2 .695 289.31 .200 88.53 3 3 .441 126.46 .361 209.79 4 0 7.091 87.20 4 1 3.213 162.63 1.115 104.99 4 2 .395 289.76 .054 63.32 4 3 .128 145.66 .104 358.11 4 4 .032 278.60 .029 72.60 5 1 2.301 336.87 .848 304.89 6 1 .686 169.80 .209 259.83 7 1 .710 316.50 .496 307.69 8 1 .123 322.60 .276 114.33 O1 n m D+ psi+ D- psi- 1 0 15.403 276.91 1 1 3.324 63.87 5.443 340.63 2 0 9.646 330.70 2 1 25.871 136.04 11.755 300.32 2 2 5.773 339.75 .650 246.89 3 0 9.371 45.49 3 1 13.965 6.71 11.987 115.49 3 2 3.892 310.63 1.692 112.88 3 3 2.325 136.41 1.566 235.19 4 0 22.029 101.02 4 1 15.599 171.50 6.063 122.10 4 2 1.682 300.88 .134 173.45 4 3 .596 148.79 .421 24.27 4 4 .170 291.60 .171 76.33 5 1 10.218 337.87 3.423 301.51 6 1 2.566 168.13 1.486 249.42 7 1 3.284 308.96 2.428 316.84 8 1 1.213 350.24 1.079 114.96 P1 n m D+ psi+ D- psi- 1 0 8.241 284.65 1 1 1.690 84.63 3.249 2.61 2 0 1.940 219.56 2 1 9.897 131.79 4.935 314.41 2 2 3.348 353.07 .496 179.51 3 0 7.691 41.53 3 1 3.477 48.89 5.666 134.79 3 2 1.639 338.18 1.457 147.65 3 3 1.169 152.94 .697 265.56 4 0 6.490 73.73 4 1 6.966 193.83 2.778 132.40 4 2 .691 299.83 .199 289.08 4 3 .246 160.19 .134 49.14 4 4 .085 309.55 .122 91.12 5 1 4.642 345.44 2.095 293.68 6 1 .915 186.85 1.204 247.60 7 1 1.630 321.06 1.076 322.15 8 1 .278 323.67 .207 131.19 K1 n m D+ psi+ D- psi- 1 0 25.184 285.19 1 1 5.168 86.12 10.042 3.92 2 0 6.809 210.94 2 1 29.396 131.36 14.829 315.66 2 2 10.297 353.91 1.593 177.06 3 0 24.060 41.35 3 1 10.237 54.86 17.229 136.28 3 2 4.966 340.54 4.603 149.02 3 3 3.564 154.15 2.125 267.98 4 0 19.010 70.27 4 1 21.125 195.65 8.396 133.24 4 2 2.064 299.73 .656 290.27 4 3 .737 161.22 .395 52.05 4 4 .259 310.87 .380 91.87 5 1 14.011 346.06 6.459 293.21 6 1 2.715 188.83 3.762 247.52 7 1 4.960 321.97 3.240 322.61 8 1 .787 319.18 .559 134.71 9 1 1.490 17.50 1.518 17.38 10 1 2.221 18.80 1.048 160.67 N2 n m D+ psi+ D- psi- 1 0 2.272 33.46 1 1 1.293 281.35 .659 2.12 2 0 2.244 257.89 2 1 2.534 161.35 1.394 178.71 2 2 6.978 120.43 1.132 10.86 3 0 13.083 292.65 3 1 2.173 95.30 6.415 40.12 3 2 1.026 282.13 .314 112.30 3 3 1.019 33.39 .973 355.36 4 0 15.089 162.58 4 1 3.643 37.95 3.262 74.36 4 2 2.360 309.30 1.307 54.22 4 3 .365 252.50 .481 152.05 4 4 .178 140.36 .085 179.67 5 2 .772 84.71 1.651 170.81 6 2 .661 93.14 .347 294.19 7 2 .251 211.65 .556 317.82 8 2 .238 229.03 .087 282.94 M2 n m D+ psi+ D- psi- 1 0 10.715 52.15 1 1 6.981 308.57 3.135 10.98 2 0 28.753 265.91 2 1 13.687 201.63 3.719 154.95 2 2 32.300 129.97 6.129 28.90 3 0 38.633 298.08 3 1 14.004 103.17 33.022 52.82 3 2 2.933 280.39 2.193 139.25 3 3 4.514 54.39 4.555 8.92 4 0 51.573 155.18 4 1 22.274 59.76 17.052 107.75 4 2 10.507 320.60 4.146 89.68 4 3 2.239 271.00 2.276 170.66 4 4 .794 148.21 .430 222.85 5 2 2.837 81.40 7.032 192.92 6 2 4.067 119.16 1.175 324.56 7 2 1.210 244.52 2.359 336.61 8 2 1.334 238.19 .638 295.80 9 2 .354 317.18 .617 90.66 10 2 .229 110.90 .375 357.31 S2 n m D+ psi+ D- psi- 1 0 3.911 69.61 1 1 2.613 7.21 1.225 61.36 2 0 11.724 312.89 2 1 5.613 261.29 3.730 121.19 2 2 11.911 130.12 2.767 82.14 3 0 19.630 297.25 3 1 5.168 131.42 10.870 103.69 3 2 3.023 246.71 1.087 249.23 3 3 .789 127.54 1.753 39.13 4 0 29.084 171.30 4 1 11.491 104.88 4.562 97.31 4 2 3.650 343.94 .556 29.48 4 3 .958 334.74 .647 195.99 4 4 .320 155.66 .185 286.33 5 2 1.485 69.39 2.206 201.21 6 2 1.786 164.53 .346 304.08 7 2 .440 290.82 .652 11.76 8 2 .472 259.69 .382 345.93 K2 n m D+ psi+ D- psi- 1 0 1.249 66.08 1 1 .679 340.24 .177 293.97 2 0 3.460 300.54 2 1 1.805 255.83 1.101 113.76 2 2 3.107 133.48 .787 78.44 3 0 5.436 277.65 3 1 1.487 114.98 2.990 100.38 3 2 .877 242.59 .295 243.23 3 3 .230 123.04 .491 34.11 4 0 7.457 161.64 4 1 3.394 104.23 1.295 98.48 4 2 1.030 337.54 .207 20.54 4 3 .265 333.78 .171 188.66 4 4 .096 148.64 .054 287.08 5 2 .422 67.20 .656 196.29 6 2 .479 158.98 .112 311.10 7 2 .129 279.00 .169 5.24 8 2 .127 249.69 .092 350.18