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Python-based tidal prediction software for estimating ocean, load, solid Earth and pole tides

For more information: see the documentation at pytmd.readthedocs.io

Installation

From PyPI:

python3 -m pip install pyTMD

To include all optional dependencies:

python3 -m pip install pyTMD[all]

Using conda or mamba from conda-forge:

conda install -c conda-forge pytmd
mamba install -c conda-forge pytmd

Development version from GitHub:

python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/tsutterley/pyTMD.git

Dependencies

References

T. C. Sutterley, T. Markus, T. A. Neumann, M. R. van den Broeke, J. M. van Wessem, and S. R. M. Ligtenberg, "Antarctic ice shelf thickness change from multimission lidar mapping", The Cryosphere, 13, 1801-1817, (2019). doi: 10.5194/tc-13-1801-2019

L. Padman, M. R. Siegfried, H. A. Fricker, "Ocean Tide Influences on the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets", Reviews of Geophysics, 56, 142-184, (2018). doi: 10.1002/2016RG000546

Download

The program homepage is:
A zip archive of the latest version is available directly at:

Alternative Software

perth5 from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center:
Matlab Tide Model Driver from Earth & Space Research:
Fortran OSU Tidal Prediction Software:

Disclaimer

This package includes software developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory (UW-APL). It is not sponsored or maintained by the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), AVISO or NASA. The software is provided here for your convenience but with no guarantees whatsoever. It should not be used for coastal navigation or any application that may risk life or property.

Contributing

This project contains work and contributions from the scientific community. If you would like to contribute to the project, please have a look at the open issues and the project code of conduct.

Credits

The Tidal Model Driver (TMD) Matlab Toolbox was developed by Laurie Padman, Lana Erofeeva and Susan Howard. An updated version of the TMD Matlab Toolbox (TMD3) was developed by Chad Greene. The OSU Tidal Inversion Software (OTIS) and OSU Tidal Prediction Software (OTPS) were developed by Lana Erofeeva and Gary Egbert (copyright OSU, licensed for non-commercial use). The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) PREdict Tidal Heights (PERTH3) software was developed by Richard Ray and Remko Scharroo. An updated and more versatile version of the NASA GSFC tidal prediction software (PERTH5) was developed by Richard Ray.

License

The content of this project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Attribution license and the source code is licensed under the MIT license.