Question

The west coast of the united states receives two high tides and two low tides of varying heights per day. what kind of tidal pattern is this?

Answer 1

The west coast of the united states receives two high tides and two low tides of varying heights per day.  Tidal pattern is  mixed semidiurnal tidal cycle

Sun and moon exert force on the ocean due to tides moves through the ocean  Tide are very long period waves whose motion is directed by the effect of moon and sun .  Tides originate in the ocean and progress toward the coastlines where they appear as the regular rise and fall of the sea surface.

An area has a diurnal tidal cycle if it experiences one high and one low tide every lunar day. An area has a semidiurnal tidal cycle if it experiences two high and two low tides of approximately equal size every lunar day An area has a mixed semidiurnal tidal cycle if it experiences two high and two low tides of different size every lunar day.

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