**4. Results**

A first attempt at quantifying the expected amplitude of fixed-point SST fluctuations induced by barotropic and baroclinic tidal flows is presented here, by means of two case studies (Sections 4.1 and 4.2) using infrared SST observations, and at a global scale using clymatological analysis of SST gradients (Section 4.3). The two case studies represent a trade-off between clear sky conditions (see Figure A1) and the intensity of tidal currents (Figure 1).
