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Transport dynamics in a complex coastal archipelago
Finnish Environment Institute, Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
Laura Tuomi
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Antti Westerlund
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Hedi Kanarik
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Kai Myrberg
Finnish Environment Institute, Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
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We studied circulation and transports in the Archipelago Sea (in the Baltic Sea) with a high-resolution hydrodynamic model. Transport dynamics show different variabilities in the north and south, so no single transect can represent transport through the whole area in all cases. The net transport in the surface layer is southward and follows the alignment of the deeper channels. In the lower layer, the net transport is southward in the northern part of the area and northward in the southern part.
We studied circulation and transports in the Archipelago Sea (in the Baltic Sea) with a...
