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The main aspects of the summertime circulation and dynamics of this lagoon, a system located in southern Brazil and considered as one of the world's largest choked coastal lagoons, are studied through the analysis of time series of wind stress, water level and fresh-water discharge, combined with the results of a barotropic circulation model. The longitudinal wind component has been verified as the...