| 1. | There are two types of Rossby waves, barotropic and baroclinic.
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| 2. | Barotropic Rossby waves have the highest speeds and do not vary vertically.
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| 3. | Absolute transports including barotropic circulation are monitored using precision bottom pressure gauges.
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| 4. | One common class of barotropic model used in astrophysics is a polytropic fluid.
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| 5. | Typically, the barotropic assumption is not very realistic.
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| 6. | Hence, the motions of a rotating barotropic air mass is strongly constrained.
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| 7. | In this type of atmosphere, Euler equations reduces into the barotropic vorticity equation.
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| 8. | Geostrophic flow may be either barotropic or baroclinic.
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| 9. | Barotropic Rossby waves do not vary in the vertical, and have the fastest propagation speeds.
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| 10. | A "'barotropic flow "'is a generalization of a barotropic atmosphere.
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