 Stratified line-plume height scale (source code)

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= Stratified line-plume height scale
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A line plume of kinematic <buoyancy flux> $B_0$ rising through uniform <buoyancy frequency> $N$ has the dimensional height scale
$$
z_s=\frac{B_0^{1/3}}N.
$$
It measures the height over which ambient stratification removes an order-one fraction of the plume buoyancy before the plume reaches neutral buoyancy and spreads as a <buoyant intrusion>.

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