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&namdmp   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                 !  =1 create a damping.coeff NetCDF file
   nmldmp =    1                 !  type of damping in the mixed layer
   !                             !     =0 damping throughout the water column
   !                             !     =1 no damping in the mixing layer (avt >5cm2/s )
   !                             !     =2 no damping in the mixed  layer (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)
/