Baltic Sea

4.9 Geostrophic velocities on 22 and 29 September 2006 of Stolpe Channel . . . . 58
4.10 Zonal and meridional velocities at SFN and SFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4.11 Modelled velocities east at SFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.12 Daily zonal velocities at SFN and SFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.13 Mean vertical proles of SFN and SFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.14 Sketch of volume transport calculations through Stolpe Channel . . . . . . . . 64
4.15 Modelled and measured volume transports through Stolpe Channel . . . . . . 64
4.16 Calculated volume of EGB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
4.17 Total salt content of deep EGB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4.18 Baltic Sea map of modelled bottom salinity and currents . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
4.19 Modelled volume transport through Stolpe Channel, Gdansk Basin and Hoburg
Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
4.20 Modelled salt transport through Stolpe Channel, Gdansk Basin and Hoburg
Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
4.21 Cumulative volume through Stolpe Channel salt ≥ 12 g/kg . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.22 Cumulative salt through Stolpe Channel salt ≥ 12 g/kg . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
4.23 Cumulative volume through Gdansk Basin salt ≥ 12 g/kg . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.24 Cumulative salt through Gdansk Basin salt ≥ 12 g/kg . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.25 Cumulative salt through Hoburg Channel salt ≥ 12 g/kg . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.26 Modelled hourly, daily and 5-daily deep volume transport through Stolpe Channel 83
4.27 Daily wind 38 (Arkona-Hoburg) and daily along-slope velocities of SFN
and SFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4.28 Baltic Sea Map with sea level gauges and meteorological stations . . . . . . . 88
4.29 Standardised time series of sea level dierence SL ∆(Ventspils-Sassnitz) and
regional wind 38 and regression of regional wind 38 (Arkona-Hoburg)
with sea level dierence SL ∆(Ventspils-Sassnitz) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
4.30 Depth correlation of 38 with zonal SFN/ zonal SFS; depth correlation of
sea level dierence SL ∆ (Ventspils-Sassnitz) with zonal SFN/zonal SFS and
standardised time series of 38 and zonal velocity (66-71m) . . . . . . . . 91
4.31 Regression SL ∆(Ventspils-Sassnitz) with zonal velocity/ volume transport
(66 − 71 m) Stolpe Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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