Inertial motion in the Baltic Sea, superimposed on a slow northwestward drift.

It appears that a wind burst of several hours occurred during late 18 and early 19 August. When the wind subsided, the water is seen to move on circles, with a general movement towards sligthly west of north. Friction reduces the inertial circles, until the inertial motion has nearly did away on 24 August.

after T. Gustafson and B. Kullenberg: "Untersuchungen von Trägheitsströmungen in der Ostsee." Svens. Hydrogr. Biol. Skr. Ny. Ser. Hydrogr. 13 (1936), 1 - 28.

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