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&namtdp        !   tracer newtonian damping                             ('key_tradmp')
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   ndmp        =   -1      !  type of damping in temperature and salinity 
                           !     ='latitude', damping poleward of 'ndmp' degrees and function 
                           !                  of the distance-to-coast. Red and Med Seas as ndmp=-1
                           !     =-1 damping only in Med and Red Seas
   ndmpf       =    1      !  create a damping.coeff NetCDF file (=1) or not (=0)
   nmldmp      =    1      !  type of damping: =0 damping throughout the water column
                           !                   =1 no damping in the mixed layer defined by avt >5cm2/s )
                           !                   =2 no damping in the mixed layer defined rho<rho(surf)+.01 )
   sdmp        =   50.     !  surface time scale for internal damping (days)
   bdmp        =  360.     !  bottom  time scale for internal damping (days)
   hdmp        =  800.     !  depth of transition between sdmp and bdmp (meters)
/