Table 3 FVCOM model error in predicting the tidal amplitude using a full year (2011) simulation and observation data at six tide gauge locations (in meters).

tidal constituents	amplitude (in m)	NB	PHL	RP	SJS	BSL	LW
M2	a_obs	1.053	0.829	0.785	0.839	0.721	0.591
	a_mod	0.864	0.647	0.639	0.726	0.686	0.594
	a_dif	−0.189	−0.182	−0.146	−0.112	−0.034	0.002
N2	a_obs	0.180	0.144	0.148	0.169	0.160	0.138
	a_mod	0.137	0.105	0.116	0.139	0.141	0.127
	a_dif	−0.042	−0.039	−0.032	−0.030	−0.018	−0.011
S2	a_obs	0.116	0.091	0.102	0.123	0.123	0.107
	a_mod	0.120	0.091	0.105	0.127	0.127	0.113
	a_dif	0.004	0.001	0.003	0.004	0.004	0.006
K1	a_obs	0.089	0.074	0.068	0.074	0.068	0.063
	a_mod	0.062	0.053	0.053	0.054	0.050	0.047
	a_dif	−0.027	−0.021	−0.014	−0.020	−0.018	−0.016

Here, we only show the major semi-diurnal and diurnal tidal constituents M2, N2, S2, and K1. The difference between the amplitudes is estimated by subtracting observation from the model.

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