equivalent barotropic model

A model atmosphere characterized by fric-tionless and adiabatic flow and by hydrostatic quasigeostrophic equilibrium, and in which the vertical shear of the horizontal wind is assumed to be proportional to the horizontal wind itself.

Related terms:

• barotropic model
• advective model
• synoptic model
• peg model
• equivalent temperature
• thermotropic model
• model atmosphere
• equivalent potential temperature
• storm model
• ARDC model atmosphere