Numerical modelling of the Caspian Sea tides

Medvedev, Igor P.; Kulikov, Evgueni A.; Fine, Isaac V.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-209-2020

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Numerical modelling of the Caspian Sea tides

Igor P. Medvedev, Evgueni A. Kulikov, and Isaac V. Fine

Data sets

The Caspian Sea tides data I. P. Medvedev, E. A. Kulikov, and I. V. Fine https://doi.org/10.29006/datasets.2020.cst.1

Short summary

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed basin on Earth and a unique subject for the analysis of the tidal dynamics. Using numerical modelling, we examine details of the spatial and temporal features of the tidal dynamics in the Caspian Sea. We present tidal charts of the amplitudes and phase lags of the major tidal constituents. The maximum tidal range, of up to 21 cm, has been found in Turkmen Bay. The tidal currents in this area have speeds of up to 22 cm s^-1.