Was versteht man unter Springverspätung?
Springverspätung. Durch den monatlichen Umlauf des Mondes kommt es alle 14 Tage zur Springtide. Die Auswirkung auf die Tide verzögert sich, in der Deutschen Bucht beispielsweise um ein bis drei Tage, gegenüber der Position von Sonne und Mond. Diese Verspätung wird Springverspätung genannt.
Was versteht man unter Nipptide?
Als Nipptide, teilweise fachlich ungenau auch als Nippflut, bezeichnet man jene Tide, bei der Sonne und Mond von der Erde aus gesehen in einem Winkel von 90° zueinander stehen, also bei Halbmond. Eine Nipptide tritt alle 14 Tage auf.
What is a neap tide?
A neap tide —seven days after a spring tide—refers to a period of moderate tides when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other. During full or new moons—which occur when the Earth, sun, and moon are nearly in alignment—average tidal ranges are slightly larger. This occurs twice each month.
What happens after a spring tide?
Seven days after a spring tide, the sun and moon are at right angles to each other. When this happens, the bulge of the ocean caused by the sun partially cancels out the bulge of the ocean caused by the moon. This produces moderate tides known as neap tides, meaning that high tides are a little lower and low tides are a little higher than average.
Why do the oceans experience two extra tides each month?
This space science tutorial video explains why the oceans experience two extra large tides, called spring tides, and two smaller tides, called neap tides, each month. This combination of the moon and sun’s gravities, only align at the New Moon and Full Moon, and exaggerate the tides at these times, resulting in Spring Tides.
What are high tides and low tides called?
This means that high tides are a little higher and low tides are a little lower than average. These are called spring tides, a common historical term that has nothing to do with the season of spring.