Table A6: Comparison Between Model-Predicted and Observed M2 Tidal Current Ellipses at available measurement sites in Canadian Archipelago 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 75.0420 71.1880 9.0 0.8±0.2 0.2 -0.2±0.1 0.1 99.5±11.1 294.4 268.4±19.3 102.2 84.5500 73.1000 3.0 0.7±0.1 2.6 0.1±0.1 -0.2 159.0±6.6 334.9 330.9±9.5 51.5 96.6167 73.6883 50.0 13.3±0.7 15.2 -3.4±0.6 -0.5 90.8±2.7 270.8 102.5±3.3 314.9 96.0000 73.6883 10.0 6.0±0.2 14.0 4.5±0.3 1.0 78.3±7.0 268.2 102.2±6.3 310.1 95.0000 74.5000 3.5 8.3±0.5 11.6 4.1±0.5 2.3 169.3±5.5 3.2 211.8±5.6 39.7 94.0183 74.5667 10.0 9.5±0.3 17.6 5.7±0.4 0.5 23.9±4.1 0.8 67.3±3.7 35.8 72.6670 72.4670 35.0 3.8±0.3 4.4 -0.3±0.3 -0.3 160.6±4.8 326.1 81.0±4.4 233.9 93.9117 74.4017 50.0 18.6±1.2 17.6 -3.1±1.1 -1.0 16.6±3.5 5.5 54.9±3.7 43.5 78.7170 74.9000 35.0 5.8±0.3 8.1 -0.7±0.3 0.1 69.7±3.0 95.3 50.3±2.6 21.9 94.9000 74.6833 1.0 7.5±0.7 15.1 5.1±0.7 0.7 87.3±12.6 334.0 191.9±12.2 26.9 71.3850 71.8367 22.0 4.6±1.4 3.7 -1.1±1.6 0.3 177.0±22.4 350.4 101.0±20.0 247.3 97.9700 74.6383 50.0 16.0±0.4 15.8 -5.3±0.5 -2.7 16.0±1.9 7.9 34.7±1.8 30.9 98.1067 74.4450 50.0 19.0±1.0 19.2 -6.5±1.0 -3.0 180.0±3.5 335.6 42.1±3.5 21.9 103.0900 75.4550 2.0 0.5±0.0 8.2 0.4±0.0 -0.8 170.7±21.0 130.0 15.0±20.8 326.2 78.7670 73.7330 35.0 4.2±0.2 6.6 0.2±0.2 -0.8 13.4±2.4 346.0 259.4±2.2 265.7 71.3850 71.8367 22.0 4.6±1.4 3.5 -1.1±1.6 0.5 177.0±22.4 342.5 101.0±20.0 235.8 97.9700 74.6383 50.0 16.0±0.4 16.8 -5.3±0.5 -3.3 16.0±1.9 5.3 34.7±1.8 29.4 103.8667 76.7667 50.0 5.9±0.4 5.8 -2.9±0.3 -1.1 166.7±4.2 355.5 245.8±5.4 45.1 103.9667 77.5000 50.0 3.4±0.6 4.7 -0.7±0.5 -0.9 152.1±8.9 294.2 299.1±10.4 106.0 93.7583 74.2183 10.0 10.9±0.5 16.9 6.3±0.3 -0.5 13.4±2.0 8.0 54.8±2.7 45.1 81.9170 74.4330 35.0 4.4±1.2 7.4 -0.1±0.9 -0.1 7.0±11.9 353.9 281.3±14.9 298.5 82.1670 74.1170 35.0 5.1±0.8 5.4 -0.9±0.9 -0.1 15.7±10.4 0.6 276.6±9.4 297.7 82.1170 73.8170 35.0 3.2±0.7 5.4 0.1±0.5 0.0 13.3±9.5 359.4 269.0±12.2 297.3 82.8830 74.1500 35.0 3.5±0.6 5.3 -0.2±0.5 -0.3 18.0±8.8 1.9 285.6±10.1 302.3 80.1830 73.8500 35.0 5.0±0.7 5.1 -0.8±0.6 -0.2 2.2±7.4 349.9 269.1±8.4 282.4 80.2330 73.7670 35.0 3.3±0.6 5.2 -0.9±1.0 -0.4 169.6±17.5 347.7 92.7±12.5 283.1 78.2000 74.0330 35.0 6.2±1.0 4.8 -1.8±0.9 0.9 164.3±9.0 337.4 53.0±9.6 257.7 77.0170 72.8000 35.0 6.5±0.6 8.4 0.3±0.4 -0.1 167.5±3.5 350.0 31.2±5.3 231.5 77.8500 75.6830 35.0 6.1±0.7 6.7 0.5±0.7 2.5 133.2±6.1 128.9 21.1±6.1 41.7 70.7330 71.7670 35.0 5.2±0.9 3.2 -2.5±0.7 0.8 176.3±12.1 144.0 41.3±13.8 35.9 76.3330 75.4330 35.0 6.1±0.8 7.7 1.0±0.8 0.9 120.2±7.4 129.9 33.3±7.6 43.1 77.8500 74.9670 35.0 8.3±1.3 7.7 -2.3±1.2 0.4 119.6±8.9 113.4 47.4±9.7 33.7