TIDAL OSCILLATIONS IN THE AEGEAN AND IONIAN SEAS

Harmonic constants are estimated by analysing tidal observations from 20 ports in the Aegean and the Ionian Seas, areas where no similar dat a were available so far. The analysis is based on tidal records 7 year s long. The resulting values for the M2 constituent are compared with the results of a hydrodynamic-numerical model of the M2 tide for the M editerranean Sea. The qualitative agreement between the observations a nd the model indicates that in spite of the complex topography of the Aegean Sea the major features of the tidal propagation could be retrie ved through the model, if better tuned.