Is the word "downwelling" correct?

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2 total messages Started by Furue Ryo Sun, 20 Dec 1992 12:12

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Author: Furue Ryo
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 12:12

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I apologize if this is not suitable for this newsgroup.

I am a Japanese student of physical oceanography, and wondering whether
the word "downwelling" is correct.  For me, it sounds strange because
"to well" means "to rise to the surface" --- "to rise down???" ---.

So my questions are:

    1. Does "downwelling" sound strange?
    2. Is it common to English-speaking oceanographers?
    3. If not so, what is the word or phrase opposite to "upwelling"?

One can find "downwelling" in the article, Masuda & Uehara (1992),
Deep-Sea Research, Vol.39, No.9, pp.1453--1479, which is about oceanic
deep circulations.

Thanks in advance,
Ryo Furue, graduate student, University of Tokyo
furufuru@ccsr.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Re: Is the word "downwelling" correct?

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Author: Josh Rovero
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 07:44

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The term "downwelling" is in common use by english language oceanographers
to describe the subsidence of surface waters due to Ekman pumping,
boundary waves, or wind action.

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