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The atmosphere is both barotropic and part baroclinic.

Barotropic is very consistent, no air masses, no fronts and is characteristic of the "tropics"

Baroclinic is much more variable. Different air masses, cold fronts and warm fronts, development of cyclones. Baroclinic is characteristic of extra tropical regions.

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