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Barotropic Model
Any of a number of model
atmospheres in which some of the following conditions exist throughout the
motion: coincidence of pressure and temperature surfaces; absence of vertical
wind
shear; absence of vertical motions; absence of horizontal velocity
divergence; and conservation of the vertical component of absolute
vorticity.
References
This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use
