Re: Tides

From: Will Estes (westes@usc.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Sat Jun 04 1994 - 22:10:30 PDT


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From: Will Estes <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis>
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Subject: Re: Tides
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Date: Sat, 4 Jun 1994 22:10:30 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <9406050122.AA01561@ra-iris.arc.nasa.gov-DeleteThis> from "Michael Schuh" at Jun 4, 94 06:28:36 pm
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'Michael Schuh says:'
> > I found a basic shareware program and its source at
> > ftp://atlantic.ocean.fsu.edu/pub/Tides
>
> I have now tried the program. It works. If you try and get it, I suggest
> getting all of the files rather than trying to figure out which ones to
> get. It would be nice if it was all zipped together but it is not. I
> had to unzip the zip files that were there. Once you get the program
> running, use the "change station" option to get GG Bridge tide numbers
> by giving the file name "snfrisco.tid" and current data by giving
> the file name "snfrisco.cur". The program is slow on my 33 MHz 386/387
> machine. It takes about 2 minutes (I did not time it) to generate
> one weeks worth of data. The tides.doc file is very good and probably
> worth the $15.00 just for the information it provides.

I looked at the program, but how do we generate data for Third Avenue or
Sherman Island?

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Thanks,
Will Estes              Internet: westes@usc.com-DeleteThis
U.S. Computer           Saratoga, CA  95070



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