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The source supplies the kinematic buoyancy flux . The unstratified line plume velocity scale is . Comparing this with the stratification time scale gives the stratified line-plume height scale
If , the initial plume is only weakly affected by the stable density stratification and reaches the ceiling much like an unstratified wall plume. If , its buoyancy flux falls substantially during the rise; it approaches neutral buoyancy near the upper room, overshoots because of its momentum flux, and spreads as a horizontal buoyant intrusion. If , the plume reaches neutral buoyancy low in the room and forms a low intrusion after a modest overshoot. In each sketch the plume widens by entrainment, while increasing lowers the neutral-buoyancy and overshoot heights.

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