salinitydriven
Salinity-driven is a descriptor used in oceanography and related fields to denote processes or phenomena in which variations in seawater salinity and the density differences they produce play a primary role. Although temperature also affects density, salinity-driven dynamics are controlled largely by salinity contrasts arising from evaporation, precipitation, river input, sea-ice formation and melt, or freshwater inflows.
Salinity influences water density, which governs stratification, vertical mixing, and horizontal circulation. In estuaries, salinity gradients
Salinity-driven processes affect climate, biogeochemistry, and marine ecosystems by controlling nutrient mixing, oxygen distribution, and habitat
In writing, the standard form is salinity-driven with a hyphen; "salinitydriven" may appear in code, data labels,