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06 in the section simulating the Sechelt Rapids. The Northern Passages scheme By far the most complicated of these one-dimensional models is that which simulates flows entering the northern end of the Strait of Georgia from the open ocean. This system is represented by 25 joined onedimensional channels and includes 94 volume transport sections (Fig. 26). Over this region the observed M2 tidal amplitudes decreased from 115 cm at the single northern boundary opening to a minimum of 62 cm below Seymour Narrows, increasing again to about 101 cm in the northern Strait of Georgia.
There is, however, a large discrepancy (19°) between observed and calculated phase lags in the Strait of Georgia (Line 4). There is also a large discrepancy (38°), although in the opposite sense, between the observed and calculated phase lags at Seymour Narrows. This is due to the calculated K1 tidal amplitude and phase lag deficiencies in the Strait of Georgia. The agreement between the observed and calculated phase lags in Admiralty Inlet is satisfactory. STRONACH DISCUSSION The results demonstrate that the major features of the M2 and K1 tidal regimes in a system of great topographical complexity can be reasonably well reproduced by using a simple finite-difference scheme and elementary dynamical assumptions.
Part of the system is separated from the remainder by tidal rapids (Sechelt Rapids, Fig. 21). Indicative of the dynamical effect of these rapids, the change in the M2 tidal amplitude and phase over their length was about 50% and 60°, respectively. 006. 06 in the section simulating the Sechelt Rapids. The Northern Passages scheme By far the most complicated of these one-dimensional models is that which simulates flows entering the northern end of the Strait of Georgia from the open ocean. This system is represented by 25 joined onedimensional channels and includes 94 volume transport sections (Fig.
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