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Saltwater inflows<br />

• major Baltic inflows (e.g. Matthäus and Franck,<br />

1992; Fischer and Matthäus, 1996)<br />

• randomly at intervals of one to several years<br />

• most probable between November to January<br />

• forced by a sequence of easterly winds lasting<br />

about 20 days followed by strong to very strong<br />

westerly winds of similar duration<br />

• since the mid-1970s the frequency and intensity<br />

has decreased<br />

• latest inflow events: 1983, 1993, 2003<br />

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