Submitted by rhinotomus t3_y23ytd in askscience
phantasmagorical_owl t1_is2mtfl wrote
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
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