Comparison of ocean tide models for accurate computation of ocean tide loading in Korean Peninsula

We investigated the effects of different ocean tide models on the prediction of the ocean tide loading in Korean peninsula. The western part of Korean peninsula has large tidal range of water level and complicated rias coasts, so that accurate ocean tidal loading models are necessary for high-precise geodetic applications. The information of coastlines and the accuracy of the ocean tide model are key factors for high accurate ocean tide loading models. Recently, the global ocean tide models based on extensive observations and local tide models for the local area have been released. In this study, we analyzed the accuracy of ocean tide loadings with various ocean tide models. We developed a program for the convolutions of the mass of ocean tide and the load Green's functions. Comparing the computations with GOTIC2, the differences of vertical deformations due to M2 constituent were less than 0.4 mm in the case of the same ocean tide model. The five global ocean tide models, NAO99b, FES2004, DTU10, EOT11a and HAMTIDE, one regional tide model, NAO99Jb, and two local tide models were tested. The tests were performed in two ways. One was to use only global ocean tide models and the other one combined each global tide model and local tide model. Finally, we compared the computations with the GPS observations.