Convection currents atmospheric mixing

Winds play a central role in inducing ocean currents and turbulent mixing. Winds themselves are a type of convection current generated by spatial and temporal variations in atmospheric heating. In the atmosphere, these air currents form the major wind... 

Atmospheric or oceanic motions that are predominately vertical and that result in vertical transport and mixing of atmospheric or oceanic properties. Because the most striking meteorological features result if atmospheric convective motion occurs in conjunction with the rising current of air (i.e., updrafts), convection is sometimes used to imply only upward vertical motion, convective adjustment... 

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