Slayt 1 - RTC, Regional Training Centre - Turkey

Equivalent-Barotropic Atmosphere Constant-pressure surface now hasisotherms on it everywhere parallelto the contours Wind can change speed with heightbut not direction Systems are vertically stacked, notemp advection exists Equivalent-barotropic levelpresumed to be near at 500 mb Atmosphere often close enough tothe equivalent-baroclinic state (i.e.tropics) such that barotropicdynamics may be dominant