TIlE INFLUENC'E ()F IJEPTH ANIJ FRIL~TI()N()N THE TIJJAL M()TI()N IN (~L()k\1ED REL~TANGULARBASINS.

TIlE INFLUENC’E ()F IJEPTH ANIJ FRIL~TI()N()N THE TIJJAL

M()TI()N IN (~L()k\1ED REL~TANGULARBASINS.

By
GIRGIS F. SOLIMAN*, AND IBRAIIIM A. MAIYZA,
*Nationallllstitute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Anfoushi, Alexandria,Egypt.
Key words: Physical Oceanography, Tidalillotion, l\’lediterranean Sea.
ABSTRACT
The Mediterranean Sea has been simp/flied in its .\hape as consisting (?f two
closed rectant,71r1ar basins with constant depth. The basins were assumed to be
either separated at 11111is Strait by a barrier or connected together throllxh an
opining (!f 2° width. A numericalnlodel delreloped hy ,Solinlan et al. (1993) has
been tested several timesfoj” the fore Jl1entioned shapes with constant depths
which varied between 100 111 and 2000 111. l\]Jecial attention was paid to the
pronounced deviations in the alllplitudes qfthe two basins/or each shape. The
co-tidal lines showed SOllIe peculiarities between the d{fferent depths.
Considerable increase in amplitude was observed at the d!fferent conditions
in each basin which revealed the approach