FindWKBSolutionBoundaries

Estimate adaptive-region boundaries from turning points and WKB decay.

Developer documentation: this item describes internal implementation details.


Declaration

 [zBoundariesAndTPs,thesign] = FindWKBSolutionBoundaries(N2,z,omega,requiredDecay)

Parameters

  • N2 buoyancy-frequency profile on grid z
  • z depth grid
  • omega target frequency in radians per second
  • requiredDecay minimum retained evanescent amplitude ratio

Returns

  • zBoundariesAndTPs region boundaries including turning points
  • thesign sign of \(N^2-\omega^2\) in each region

Discussion

                The requiredDecay is <=1 and find the point at which the   solution has decayed below that value.