phantasmagorical_owl t1_is2mtfl wrote on October 12, 2022 at 9:13 PM

Reply to comment by Chlorophilia in Does the salinity of ocean water increase as depth increases? by rhinotomus

Also, see this tank experiment (link below). As far as I can tell, in those pumping and suction experiments the water has uniform density and there is no specific site of dense water formation, yet overturning does occur.

http://weathertank.mit.edu/links/projects/ekman-pumping-suction-introduction