Baltic Sea

Figure 4.11: Modelled current velocities east of ADCP mooring SFS.
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ADCP SFS daily current velocities east [cm/s]
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Figure 4.12: Daily zonal current velocities of ADCP moorings SFN and SFS.
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surface and are presumably wind driven. Hence, associated steering mechanisms need to be
investigated further, i.e. in subchapter 4.3.5.
Fig. 4.13 suggests that the time averaged deep eastward currents are geostrophically balanced;
transports are calculated between the bottom of the channel and 52 m (the southern slope)
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