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Definition of Perigean

Perigean
Perigean Per`i*ge"an, a. Pertaining to the perigee. Perigean tides, those spring tides which occur soon after the moon passes her perigee.

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- A perigean spring tide is a tide that occurs three or four times per year when a perigee (the point nearest Earth reached by the Moon during its 27.3-day...
- — Richard Nolle He came up with the name while reading Strategic Role Of Perigean Spring Tides in Nautical History and Coastal Flooding published in 1976...
- or full moon causing perigean spring tides with the largest tidal range. The difference between the height of a tide at perigean spring tide and the spring...
- A king tide is an especially high spring tide, especially the perigean spring tides which occur three or four times a year. King tide is not a scientific...
- upward pressure causes more frequent and higher high tide levels. The Perigean spring tide (often called a king tide) can result in seawater flooding...
- Apogee (disambiguation) Argument of periapsis Perigea, a genus of moths Perigean spring tide Perigee moon or supermoon Perigeo, an Italian progressive rock...
- created by the Saxby Gale, a tropical cyclone, which coincided with a perigean spring tide. Waves breached ****s protecting low-lying farmland in the...
- of Tuvalu between January 16 - 19 of 2020. Tuvalu is also affected by perigean spring tide events which raise the sea level higher than a normal high...
- average-range between low and high tide levels, 8 m (26.2 ft) with a maximum perigean spring tide range of 13.5 m (44.3 ft). The first studies which envisaged...
- Amphidromic point Earth tide Head of tide Internal tide Lunitidal interval Perigean spring tide Rip tide Rule of twelfths Slack tide Tidal bore Tidal force...