 Internal gravity wave (source code)

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= Internal gravity wave
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= IGW
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In a uniformly stratified fluid with buoyancy frequency $N$, a plane wave of horizontal and vertical wavenumbers $k,m$ obeys
$$
\omega^2=\frac{N^2k^2}{k^2+m^2}.
$$

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