When the two highs and the two lows are about the same height, the pattern is called a semi-daily or semidiurnal tide. If the high and low tides differ in height, the pattern is called a mixed ...

A rhythm called the lunar nodal cycle could explain the mangroves’ growth pattern, the team hypothesized ... to our planet’s equator, semidiurnal tides — which consist of two high and ...

The dominant lunar tide in the atmosphere is therefore semidiurnal (half-daily). Theory predicts stronger lunar pressure oscillations in the tropics but their amplitude rarely exceeds 100 ...