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THE “age of the tide” is a measure of the time lag between new or full Moon and the following spring tide. In the Coral Sea, the age of the tide is negative1. This behaviour is rare in the ocean. In terms of the tidal response function this means that there is a negative phase change in the R̄−22 (ω) response function2, between the frequencies of the dominant M2 and S2 constituents.
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WEBB, D. Tidal Resonance in the Coral Sea. Nature 243, 511 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/243511a0
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