Fitting Cotidal Charts of Eight Major Tidal Components in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea Based on Chebyshev Polynomial Method

Abstract

High-precision tidal harmonic constants are necessary for studies involving tides. This study proposes a new method combined with the adjoint assimilation model and the Chebyshev polynomial fitting (CPF) method to obtain the tidal harmonic constants in the shallow-water region of the Bohai and Yellow Sea (BYS). Based on the CPF method, the full-field harmonic constants and reliable cotidal charts of the eight major constituents (M2, S2, K1, O1, N2, K2, P1 and Q1) were fitted from the X-TRACK products briefly and this method was effectively for coastal conditions. Compared with the observations of the X-TRACK products and tidal gauges, for the M2 constituent, the TPXO9, Finite Element Solutions 2014 (FES2014), National Astronomical Observatory 99b (NAO.99b) and Empirical Ocean Tide 20 (EOT20) models yield the root-mean-square errors (RMSEs) of 18.50, 7.31, 18.73 and 13.32 cm, respectively, while the CPF method yields an RMSE of 10.74 cm. These results indicate that the CPF method could maintain high resolution and obtain accurate cotidal charts consistent with the simulations of the four models in shallow-water regions.

Keywords

• Chebyshev polynomial fitting
• satellite observations
• harmonic constants
• data processing