OnthebasisofthecharacteristicoftheperfectspatialdistributionoftheT/Paltimeterdata,aspatialharmonictidalanalysisisperformed,whichtransferstidalharmonicconstantsHandgofeachconstituentintoapairofparameters:thecosinepartUandsinepartV.Andeachpartisexpandedintoapolynomial.Thepolynomialcoefficientsareestimatedwithaltimeterdataupontheleastsquarescriteria.ThusthemodelsofprincipaltidalwavesintheSouthChinaSeaareestablished.72cyclesofT/Pdatafromcycle11through82areincludedinthecalculation.Themodelsareevaluatedwithdifferentapproachesanddataset.Theconclusionsarethatthetidemodescanprovidepartialtideamplitudeswith3cmaccuracy,andthatphaselagsdeviationofthosetideswithamplitudelargethan10cmarewithin±10°.