Table A5: Comparison Between Model-Predicted and Observed M2 Tidal Current Ellipses at available measurement sites in Hudson Bay Location Depth Umajor (cm/s) Uminor (cm/s) Orientation (deg) Phase (deg) Long.(W deg) Lat(N deg) Observed FVCOM Observed FVCOM Observed FVCOM Observed FVCOM 62.1372 58.8710 25.0 11.7±0.8 15.0 -3.7±0.9 -3.0 127.6±4.8 129.3 346.8±4.6 358.8 91.9467 60.0067 18.5 16.5±0.3 19.7 14.3±0.3 17.5 164.0±4.8 11.4 273.4±4.8 100.8 90.8033 63.4233 10.0 45.7±2.9 47.3 7.4±2.9 4.7 136.4±3.6 318.1 255.3±3.6 9.2 83.5567 63.0750 15.0 56.5±2.2 59.9 -13.4±2.0 2.3 23.2±2.1 32.9 350.9±2.4 328.9 81.3500 62.4450 15.0 40.5±5.1 35.9 -14.4±5.1 -4.1 30.8±8.5 48.0 332.5±8.5 309.7 79.9500 54.7650 10.0 27.2±1.8 10.3 -6.7±1.4 -4.9 80.7±3.2 265.8 142.4±4.0 19.8 80.3183 54.7667 40.0 17.3±0.8 15.9 1.0±1.1 0.3 79.7±3.5 280.9 125.2±2.5 349.5 80.9650 54.7717 10.0 31.7±1.4 27.8 2.6±1.8 5.9 82.6±3.2 261.7 142.8±2.4 318.0 78.8683 61.5850 50.0 20.1±2.0 27.1 2.3±2.4 -1.2 57.4±6.7 68.9 329.5±5.7 307.8 71.8188 61.9450 36.3 45.0±0.5 36.0 -13.9±0.5 -6.3 133.1±0.8 133.4 60.4±0.8 32.0 83.1867 63.1267 15.0 26.4±2.4 62.1 -5.9±2.4 -4.6 148.4±5.5 12.4 147.0±5.6 322.9 78.9800 62.1167 50.0 36.6±2.1 45.8 -8.7±1.9 -1.8 67.8±3.2 81.4 334.0±3.4 300.7 69.4785 61.1367 34.0 30.1±1.2 35.6 -5.7±0.9 -8.4 162.9±1.8 154.2 13.1±2.4 358.4 69.1133 61.3000 31.0 20.7±1.3 28.4 -4.8±1.4 -5.3 149.6±4.0 151.6 3.8±3.9 345.4 78.8683 61.5850 50.0 20.1±2.0 29.8 2.3±2.4 -2.2 57.4±6.7 70.7 329.5±5.7 307.2 68.8307 61.6147 30.0 26.1±1.3 31.1 -2.7±1.3 -3.2 152.5±2.8 152.8 350.2±2.8 338.7 68.1614 62.0078 33.0 21.6±9.5 40.3 -2.1±5.0 1.7 161.3±13.4 157.0 347.4±25.2 340.3 67.3692 61.2057 37.0 39.1±3.3 37.1 -13.3±3.2 -3.7 158.4±5.7 351.2 293.1±5.8 130.5 60.6350 58.9033 50.0 3.2±0.7 9.2 0.8±0.5 -3.1 62.3±9.5 154.4 186.5±14.2 353.2 90.7267 63.4300 30.0 37.3±2.0 53.7 -1.1±1.7 0.9 126.0±2.6 320.0 230.7±3.0 14.3 90.7600 63.4233 10.0 50.6±2.9 50.7 1.6±2.9 4.1 122.4±3.6 323.8 73.0±3.6 10.9 58.1636 56.4822 50.0 2.5±0.9 2.7 -0.8±0.9 -1.6 3.8±23.8 5.2 94.2±24.0 49.9 58.4869 56.2778 50.0 5.8±0.7 4.9 -4.2±0.6 -3.2 178.3±16.9 21.0 233.2±17.6 41.2 59.1536 56.1419 50.0 1.8±0.5 3.3 0.1±0.5 -1.5 19.5±16.4 5.4 97.7±16.7 43.2 58.3492 56.1819 50.0 3.3±0.6 4.2 -1.5±0.6 -2.5 170.5±13.7 19.0 233.4±14.6 45.4 57.9086 55.9278 50.0 5.4±0.8 5.6 -2.7±0.6 -3.6 13.5±10.3 12.8 87.4±12.1 49.8 60.5240 58.8010 20.0 10.7±1.6 7.9 -5.3±1.7 -2.4 146.4±13.2 152.3 169.3±13.0 352.5 58.1322 55.9994 44.0 0.9±1.0 4.6 0.6±0.8 -2.6 10.8±113.6 16.2 238.5±123.7 48.6 66.3467 58.9992 12.0 44.4±5.0 58.2 -4.9±2.1 -12.5 86.8±2.7 277.7 121.3±6.4 319.5