Tide Modeling

Problem

Given water depth data from a NOAA weather station, develop a sinusoidal model for predicting the tides.

Resources

• Slides
• Tide Data
• Handout

Overview

Questions:

1. What is the amplitude of your tide model? What does this tell us in the context of our problem?
2. What are the period and frequency of your model? What do these tell us in the context of our problem?
3. What water level does your model predict at 12:00am on Saturday (one week from the star of the data)?
4. What water level does your model predict at 12:00am on the Saturday 8 weeks from the start? How reliable is this prediction?
5. What are some reasons why the model does not perfectly fit the data?