“…Surprisingly, this average acceleration has the same sign for both downward (negative) and upward (positive) turbulent velocity excursions, resulting in a net upward time-averaged acceleration which is not equal 0 m s −2 , despite the time average of turbulent velocity fluctuations being, by definition, equal to 0 m s −1 . In essence, this average upward acceleration is a result of the impermeability condition (Day, 1990;Pope, 2000;Stokes, 1851). This condition necessitates that any upward-directed turbulent motion must have been associated with an upward acceleration through time on a trajectory away from the boundary, where the vertical motion must have been zero.…”