thermotropic model

A model atmosphere used in numerical forecasting, in which the parameters are the height of one constant-pressure surface (usually 500 millibars) and one temperature (usually the mean temperature between 100 and 500 millibars).

Related terms:

• synoptic model
• baroclinic model
• barotropic model
• equivalent barotropic model
• model atmosphere
• advective model
• Oblique view of an volcanic growth fault (Analogue geological model)
• Reynolds model
• peg model
• ARDC model atmosphere