Tide, Nav-tide – Furuno CI-35H User Manual
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Tide
Tide is movement of watermass at a particular depth.
To know absolute tide (speed on ground), the following two data are required:
1
Ship’s speed and course based on ground
2
Ship’s speed and course based on measuring layer (A)
Absolute tide is, then, given as a difference of these two speed vectors.
Absolute Tide
=
1
-
2
Fixed
Layer (A)
:Base of
measurement
q
w
Nav-Tide
Nav-Tide is an absolute movement of watermass at a particular depth, taking speed information
from the external navigator (GPS) as a pseudo ground tracking speed.
To calculate Nav-tide, the following two data are required:
1
Ship’s speed and course obtained by external navigation equipment (GPS)
2
Ship’s speed and course based on measuring layer (A)
Nav-tide is, then, given as a difference of these two speed vectors.
Absolute Tide
=
1
-
2
GPS satellites
q
Nav-aided speed
(Pseudo ground tracking speed)
w
Water tracking
speed
Layer (A)
:Base of measurement