SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS-Continued 



p(y) probability that y = y ± Ay 



Pi ' P2 ' P3 arbitrary probability density functions 



« subscript indicating station 



t time 



X, y, z arbitrary variables 



y subscript indicating year 



y(t) tidal height at time t 



yg tidal height in an estuary 



Jq tidal height in the ocean 



z angle between the lines connecting the center of the Earth to an arbitrary 

 point, P, in the Eartli or the Earth's surface, and the center of the Moon 

 or Sun 



a ratio a/d in deriving equation (9) ; running index in equation (25) 



dfi phase of the n^^ tide constituent at t = 



Kjis phase of the n*^ tide constituent at station s, when t = 



Vny equilibrium argument of the n^^^ constituent of the tide for the year, y 



p density of matter 



a standard deviation 



On frequency of the n^^* tide constituent 



arbitrary frequency (Sec. Ill); latitude (Sec. V) 



0n phase of the nth constituent of the tide (Sec. Ill) 



Cij arbitrary frequency (Sec. HI) ; frequency of the Earth's rotation (Sec. V) 



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