400 



Tides in the Mediterranean and Adjacent Seas 



must be a great variety in the tide-form in the Adria. Particularly charac- 

 teristic is the distribution of the ratio (K l J r 1 )/(M 2 -\-S 2 ). In the southern 

 section up till the line Vieste-Dubrovnik, it has the value 0-47, the semi- 

 diurnal tides dominating slightly. The northern section has values near 0-6, 



Table 50. Harmonic constants for the Adriatic Sea * 

 (H in cm; g in degrees referred to the 15° EL meridian) 



* Tenani, 1940. 



