TheProfessorO
TheProfessorO t1_is2x0b0 wrote
Reply to comment by Chlorophilia in Does the salinity of ocean water increase as depth increases? by rhinotomus
Eddy flow over the bottom produces larger vertical velocities than the mean wind driven upwelling
TheProfessorO t1_is38c7h wrote
Reply to comment by Chlorophilia in Does the salinity of ocean water increase as depth increases? by rhinotomus
I was not talking about any ocean in particular. The eddy vertical velocity is proportional to the eddy horizontal velocity dotted with the topographic gradient. So the average eddy vertical velocity can be nonzero when the mean eddy horizontal velocity is zero. The importance of this term for mesoscale ocean dynamics was shown by Tom Rossby and a student in the late 80s.