Auxiliary Material for paper 2008JC004941 A new high-resolution unstructured grid finite volume Arctic Ocean model (AO-FVCOM): An application for tidal studies Changsheng Chen Department of Fisheries Oceanography, School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA Also at Marine Ecosystem and Environmental Laboratory, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China Guoping Gao Department of Fisheries Oceanography, School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA Department of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China Jianhua Qi Department of Fisheries Oceanography, School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA Andrey Proshutinsky and Robert C. Beardsley 4Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA Zygmunt Kowalik 5Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA Huichan Lin and Geoffrey Cowles Department of Fisheries Oceanography, School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA Chen, C., G. Gao, J. Qi, A. Proshutinsky, R. C. Beardsley, Z. Kowalik, H. Lin, and G. Cowles (2009), A new high-resolution unstructured grid finite volume Arctic Ocean model (AO-FVCOM): An application for tidal studies, J. Geophys. Res., 114, C08017, doi:10.1029/2006JC004941. Introduction This auxiliary material includes 1) additional figures and 2) tables for detailed comparison of model-predicted and observed tidal elevations and phases at available tidal gauges. 2008jc004941-fs01.tif Figure S1. This is the high-resolution model-computed co-tidal chart of the M2 tidal elevation. Color image represents the tidal amplitude (cm) and contours indicate the tidal phase (Degree G). This is an enlarged view of Figure 3a in the text. 2008jc004941-fs02.tif Figure S2. This is the high-resolution model-computed co- tidal chart of the S2 tidal elevation. Color image represents the tidal amplitude (cm) and contours indicate the tidal phase (Degree G). This is an enlarged view of Figure 3b in the text. 2008jc004941-fs03.tif Figure S3. This is the high-resolution model-computed co-tidal chart of the K1 tidal elevation. Color image represents the tidal amplitude (cm) and contours indicate the tidal phase (Degree G). This is an enlarged view of Figure 3c in the text. 2008jc004941-fs04.tif Figure S4. This is the high-resolution model-computed co- tidal chart of the O1 tidal elevation. Color image represents the tidal amplitude (cm) and contours indicate the tidal phase (Degree G). This is an enlarged view of Figure 3d in the text. 2008jc004941-fs05.tif Figure S5. This is the model-computed near-surface distribution of the M2 tidal current ellipse in Hudson Bay/Strait. To make the picture viewable, the tidal velocity was selected in a search radius of 15 km for this plot. The velocity scale is shown in the upper-left panel. 2008jc004941-fs06.tif Figure S6. This is the model-computed near-surface distribution of the M2 tidal current ellipse in the Canadian Archipelago. As in Figure A4, the tidal velocity was selected in a search radius of 15 km for this plot. 2008jc004941-fs07.tif Figure S7. This is the model-computed near-surface distribution of the K1 tidal current ellipse in Baffin Bay. The tidal velocity was selected in a search radius of 15 km to make this plot viewable. 2008jc004941-fs08.tif Figure S8. This is the model-computed near-surface distribution of the K1 tidal current ellipse in the Canadian Archipelago. The tidal velocity was selected in a search radius of 15 km to make this plot viewable. 2008jc004941-fs09.tif Figure S9. This is the distribution of the M2 tidal energy flux around Iceland. 2008jc004941-fs10.tif Figure S10. This is the distribution of the K1 tidal energy flux around Iceland. 2008jc004941-fs11.tif Figure S11. This is the geometry of the Canadian Archipelago with inclusion of the names of major straits/channels and islands. 2008jc004941-ds01.txt, 2008jc004941-ds01.pdf Data Set S1. This is the comparison between observed (obs.) and calculated (cal.) M2 tidal elevations in the Arctic Ocean. 2008jc004941-ds02.txt, 2008jc004941-ds02.pdf Data Set S2. This is the comparison between observed (obs.) and calculated (cal.) S2 tidal elevations in the Arctic Ocean. 2008jc004941-ds03.txt, 2008jc004941-ds03.pdf Data Set S3. This is the comparison between observed (obs.) and calculated (cal.) O1 tidal elevations in the Arctic Ocean. 2008jc004941-ds04.txt, 2008jc004941-ds04.pdf Data Set S4. This is the comparison between observed (obs.) and calculated (cal.) K1 tidal elevations in the Arctic Ocean. 2008jc004941-ds05.txt, 2008jc004941-ds05.pdf Data Set S5. This the comparison Between Model-Predicted and Observed M2 Tidal Current Ellipses at available measurement sites in Hudson Bay. 2008jc004941-ds06.txt, 2008jc004941-ds06.pdf Data Set S6. This is the comparison Between Model-Predicted and Observed M2 Tidal Current Ellipses at available measurement sites in Canadian Archipelago. 2008jc004941-ds07.txt, 2008jc004941-ds07.pdf Data Set S7. This is the comparison Between Model-Predicted and Observed K1 Tidal Current Ellipses at available measurement sites in Hudson Bay. 2008jc004941-ds08.txt, 2008jc004941-ds08.pdf Data Set S8. This the comparison Between Model-Predicted and Observed K1 Tidal Current Ellipses at available measurement sites in Canadian Archipelago.