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| 04 Mar 2024
Long-term changes in the ocean tide at Port Louis, Falkland Islands
Abstract. The historic tide gauge measurements at Port Louis in the Falkland Islands made by James Clark Ross in 1842 have been used to see whether there have been long-term changes in the ocean tide at that location. The conclusion is that there is no evidence for any significant change, which contrasts with tide gauge findings from other parts of the world over similar timescales. As by-products, the study has also been instructive in providing an example of how to obtain accurate tidal information from tabulations of high and low waters and from short tide gauge records.
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RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-510', Christopher Jones, 12 Mar 2024
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Line 198, minor typo:
"But if one if the other four in the group"
should read
"But if one of the other four in the group"
Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-510-RC1 -
RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2024-510', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Apr 2024
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In this paper the author sets out to compare the tidal information in Port Louis (Falklands) reported on by Ross in the 1800 with contemporary data to see if there has been any change. After reading the paper through to results my initial thought was “so what have we learned?”. The discussion, however, swings things around and there is a good context for the work there which I suggest is highlighted further in the introduction. Apart from showing that the tide in the area hasn’t changed much, which is of some interest, the methodology presented makes this worth publishing. Consequently, I recommend publication after very minor revisions.
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As mentioned above, I would like a better motivation in the introduction, including all points made in the discussion. The methods is what is most valuable here, in my mind.
Minor point: Do we really have enough accuracy in the data, especially the 19th century data, to talk about changes on mm scale? A comment on accuracy of the measurements would be good.
Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-510-RC2
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