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barotropic model

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barotropic model [‚bar·ə′träp·ik ′mäd·əl]
(meteorology)
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.


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