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Harmonic Constituents Name Definitions

M2 - Principal lunar semidiurnal constituent
S2 - Principal solar semidiurnal constituent
N2 - Larger lunar elliptic semidiurnal constituent
K1 - Lunar diurnal constituent
M4 - Shallow water overtides of principal lunar constituent
O1 - Lunar diurnal constituent
M6 - Shallow water overtides of principal lunar constituent
MK3 - Shallow water terdiurnal
S4 - Shallow water overtides of principal solar constituent
MN4 - Shallow water quarter diurnal constituent
NU2 - Larger lunar evectional constituent
S6 - Shallow water overtides of principal solar constituent
MU2 - Variational constituent
2N2 - Lunar elliptical semidiurnal second-order constituent
OO1 - Lunar diurnal
LAM2 - Smaller lunar evectional constituent
S1 - Solar diurnal constituent
M1 - Smaller lunar elliptic diurnal constituent
J1 - Smaller lunar elliptic diurnal constituent
MM - Lunar monthly constituent
SSA - Solar semiannual constituent
SA - Solar annual constituent
MSF - Lunisolar synodic fortnightly constituent
MF - Lunisolar fortnightly constituent
RHO - Larger lunar evectional diurnal constituent
Q1 - Larger lunar elliptic diurnal constituent
T2 - Larger solar elliptic constituent
R2 - Smaller solar elliptic constituent
2Q1 - Larger elliptic diurnal
P1 - Solar diurnal constituent
2SM2 - Shallow water semidiurnal constituent
M3 - Lunar terdiurnal constituent
L2 - Smaller lunar elliptic semidiurnal constituent
2MK3 - Shallow water terdiurnal constituent
K2 - Lunisolar semidiurnal constituent
M8 - Shallow water eighth diurnal constituent
MS4 - Shallow water quarter diurnal constituent
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