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Lunar and solar atmospheric tidal oscillations have been determined with satisfactory accuracy from 17 years 11 months of mean sea-level barometric pressure observations taken at Nandi, Fiji. In many respects, the results are consistent with previous tidal determinations in the south-west Pacific region, although these are few and widely scattered. However, the mean annual amplitude of the lunar tide at Nandi, as determined in this study, ∼88 μb, is much greater than might have been expected from currently available global amplitude maps. Nevertheless, the probable correctness of this result has been confirmed by the analysis of nearly 6 years of similar data from Nausori (∼130 km E.S.E. of Nandi), which yielded a mean annual lunar amplitude of ∼88 μb, compared with a Nandi amplitude of ∼83 μb for a closely corresponding period.
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Hutchings, J.W., Gellen, J.W. Lunar and solar barometric tides at Nandi, Fiji. PAGEOPH 120, 18–28 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00879424
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00879424