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The vertical friction
parameterizes
the vertical exchange of horizontal momentum due to subgrid scale
processes. An eddy-viscosity hypothesis is the basis for the form of
the friction. No ``metric terms'' are needed, regardless of whether
the vertical viscosity is constant or spatially dependent.
RC Pacanowski and SM Griffies, GFDL, Jan 2000