Water Circulation, Sediment Transport, and Pollutant Dynamics in Southern Iberia Waters: A Review on Numerical Modelling Studies

Table 4

Computed and measured current ellipse parameters for the 𝑀₂ tide at points indicated with numbers in Figure 5. 𝑀 and 𝑚 are the magnitudes of the major and minor semiaxes, respectively, and dir is the direction of the major semiaxis measured anticlockwise from east.

Point	Measured values			Computed values
	𝑀 (cm/s)	dir (deg)	𝑚 (cm/s)	𝑀 (cm/s)	dir (deg)	𝑚 (cm/s)
1	65	15	3	68	2	2
2	21	20	6	34	22	1
3	9	54	2	14	57	1
4	6	4	0.5	5	7	0.1
5	3	22	1	3	−5	0.03
6	7	22	2	6	−8	0.4
7	4	45	2	2	67	1
8	2	40	0.2	4	2	1
9	1	−5	0.5	2	17	0.1