A simulation of the abyssal circulation in the North Pacific Ocean. Part II: theoretical rationale

Abstract

A theoretical rationale is given for the simulated circulation detailed in Part I. A simple theory clarifies the importance of the vertical change in area of the horizontal cross section of the basin owing to the existence of bottom topography, or basin shape. With general upward vertical transport in the basin, a water column horizontally diverges and vertically shrinks as it rises in spite of the general upwelling, resulting in the tendency to produce an anticyclonic circulation. -from Author