The vertical velocity (upwah outboard, downwash inboard) induced by the shed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vortex" class="extiw" title="en:vortex">vortex</a> can be quantified easily. It is inversely proportional to the distance from the vortex core.
<i>Part of a series of illustrations meant to illustrate the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lifting-line_theory" class="extiw" title="en:lifting-line theory">lifting-line theory</a>.</i>
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ariadacapo" title="User:Ariadacapo">Olivier Cleynen</a>
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>