Assessment of tidal current energy in Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, China
S Yuan
a, P Yuan*
,a,b, X Si
a,b, X Liu
a, J Tan
a,b& S Wang
a,baOcean University Of China, Tsingtao – 266 100, China
bOcean Engineering Key Laboratory of Tsingtao, Qingdao – 266 100, China
*[Email: yuanpeng50@hotmail.com]
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1 Table S1 — Comparison of the tidal harmonic constants (M2, S2, K1 and O1) ii 2 Figure S1 — Available and predicted time series of tidal elevations at different sites during the
validation period — typical scatter plots
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3 Figure S2 — Measured and predicted time series of current velocities at NO. 1 site during the validation period: (a) Shallow layer, (b) Middle layer, and (c) Bottom layer
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4 Figure S3 — Measured and predicted time series of current velocities at NO. 2 site during the validation period: (a) Shallow layer, (b) Middle layer, and (c) Bottom layer
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5 Figure S4 — The tide gauge locations for validation vi
Supplementary Table
Table S1 — Comparison of the tidal harmonic constants (M2, S2, K1 and O1)
Location M2 S2 K1 O1
ΔH (cm) ΔG (°) ΔH (cm) ΔG (°) ΔH (cm) ΔG (°) ΔH (cm) ΔG (°)
1 -0.51 1.20 -1.22 0.72 0.79 -0.83 -0.27 6.04
2 6.29 -4.99 -6.28 -5.37 7.22 5.70 -2.83 -6.85
3 6.45 -8.70 -6.82 -8.33 1.78 0.05 -7.09 -14.24
4 5.61 12.09 -2.94 8.94 -4.35 -3.10 -7.81 -10.23
5 -2.96 1.25 -7.76 -4.01 0.13 3.86 -1.98 3.79
6 -6.19 5.97 0.94 5.94 -4.82 2.28 -4.35 -1.37
7 -18.80 20.89 -6.17 10.47 -1.49 13.64 -3.72 3.10
8 -1.05 9.14 -3.14 1.83 -1.75 6.44 -3.29 0.39
9 0.44 -9.01 -0.91 -11.17 -4.54 1.07 -1.54 -4.08
10 -3.95 3.61 0.96 1.29 -3.32 -5.45 -10.32 -8.24
11 5.81 -3.15 -1.67 -1.81 3.33 -4.04 -5.83 -4.49
12 -4.25 12.92 -11.71 2.10 -7.28 -4.24 -3.18 -3.25
13 -4.83 7.15 -7.45 1.86 -3.63 1.83 -4.54 3.06
14 -2.83 -3.66 3.42 1.33 -12.67 3.88 -9.46 11.03
15 -2.29 4.89 3.97 11.12 -5.22 -1.39 -5.84 1.73
16 -11.64 9.98 -9.98 -4.85 -6.69 -2.28 -0.69 -15.36
17 -2.42 3.51 -5.11 -2.25 -3.32 2.35 -7.93 -8.57
18 1.51 -2.09 -5.27 3.24 -1.92 12.01 -5.49 6.85
19 2.32 -8.44 -4.27 -3.49 -1.57 1.21 -8.73 3.71
20 1.21 3.11 2.32 -1.89 -1.11 -0.72 2.32 4.11
Hm 4.57 4.62 3.84 4.86
Gm 6.78 4.6 3.81 6.02
Supplementary Figures
Fig. S1 — Available and predicted time series of tidal elevations at different sites during the validation period — typical scatter plots
Fig. S2 — Measured and predicted time series of current velocities at NO. 1 site during the validation period: (a) Shallow layer, (b) Middle layer, and (c) Bottom layer
Fig. S3 — Measured and predicted time series of current velocities at NO. 2 site during the validation period: (a) Shallow layer, (b) Middle layer, and (c) Bottom layer
Fig. S4 — The tide gauge locations for validation