wkb.gif (3513 ???) Visualization and WKB analysis of the internal gravity wave in the QBO experiment

According to Plumb & McEvan (1978)4), by the WKB approximation analysis, the amplitude of the internal gravity wave ispsitilda.gif (2350 ???)

And, assuming that C is a constant, the momentum flux is found to be,

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where Ri is the Richardson number and c is the scale of flow.