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22.11 barotropic (computes external mode velocities)

After the baroclinic velocities have been computed for all latitude rows in the domain, the barotropic or external mode velocity can be computed. Subroutine barotropic22.28 computes the barotropic velocity $\bar{u}_{i,k,j,n,\tau+1}$for n=1 and 2 by one of three options: stream_function described in Section 29.2,  prognostic_surface_pressure described in Section 29.3, or implicit_free_surface described in Section 29.4. Refer to the above sections for details.



RC Pacanowski and SM Griffies, GFDL, Jan 2000