| While mean circulation in the Weddell Sea is primarily barotropic, it can be expected that sufficient deep vertical shear is present to vertically decouple a convection cell over periods up to years. |
| Because of the resulting uncertainty in forecasts of convection cell generation, ensemble forecast techniques must be employed to produce probabilistic forecasts. |
| The circular current that results is called a convection cell. |
| Isolated from the surface and the bottom, the persisting remnant of the convection cell would be subject to attenuation through drag forces and loss of its baroclinic signature. |
| The fluid in a convection cell is entrained in the flow inside the cell, such that the fluid in the cell is isolated from the fluid in the environment. |
| This cycle is repeated over and over to generate what scientists call a convection cell or convective flow. |
