Abstract
Technical developments in the positioning and depth detection fields have allowed for vast improvements in sounding results, but the effects of tidal reduction (TR) yet merit improvement; today, TR is the main factor that limits bathymetry precision. It is crucial to determine tidal time difference (TTD) between tidal gauges to conduct effective TTD-based TR. The influence of temporal TTD variations is usually ignored, and the temporal observation window to determine TTD is generally freely selected. In this study, temporal TTD variations were analyzed under the tidal constituent merging theory. Daily and hourly TTDs were compared and utilized to reduce the TR error during time difference method operation. At-sea experiments were conducted to contrast the effects of daily versus hourly TTDs on TR; the results indicate that hourly TTD is more precise and thus better suited to TR.
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