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Figure 1.12 An artificial tide pool [15]. As shown the pool is filled by the high tide at an earlier time,
and is now able to discharge water through a turbine generating electricity.
3.6 feet, while the tidal excursion on the inside, for example, at Rodanth, on Pamlico
Sound is only 0.72 feet. So it appears that the interior, Pamlico Sound, is decoupled
fromthe tidal excursion on the Atlantic side, by the relatively small openings, through
theOuter Banks, between the Sound and the openAtlantic Ocean, where the tides are
over 3 feet. Nonetheless, the energy exchanged every 12 h, U
¼
Mgh, where M is the
mass of the water in Pamlico Sound to a depth of h
¼
0.72 feet, we can estimate to be
Figure 1.13 Map suggesting locations of optimal tidal energy flows from the Atlantic Coasts of the
British Isles [16].
