Issue #1: How do we implement the alpha model within the barotropic/baroclinic splitting of POP?
The POP-alpha model
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K
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K
barotropic
part
¥ single layer
¥ implicit time step
baroclinic
part
¥ multiple levels
¥ explicit time step
¥ vertical mean = 0
vertically
integrated
fast
surface gravity waves
slower
internal gravity waves
full ocean
(vertical section)