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ON THE APPLICABILITY OF THE GEOMETRICAL OPTICS APPROXIMATION WHEN CONSIDERING WAVE PROCESSES IN GEOPHYSICS
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences
Journal: Geophysical research
Tome: 24
Number: 1
Year: 2023
Pages: 85-92
UDK: 501
DOI: 10.21455/gr2023.1-6
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V.A E.N. ON THE APPLICABILITY OF THE GEOMETRICAL OPTICS APPROXIMATION WHEN CONSIDERING WAVE PROCESSES IN GEOPHYSICS
// . 2023. Т. 24. № 1. С. 85-92. DOI: 10.21455/gr2023.1-6
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Keywords: WKB approximation, geometrical optics, waves in geophysics.
Аnnotation: One of the main approximate methods for describing wave propagation in an inhomogeneous medium is the Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin (WKB) approximation or the geometrical optics approximation. For its application, it is often assumed that the wavelength is small compared to the characteristic scale of the inhomogenei-ty. In this methodical note, attention is drawn to the fact that this condition is unnecessarily stringent, and for practical applications can be replaced by a softer condition for the smallness of the reciprocal wave number compared to the size of the inhomogeneity. A comparison of calculations using the WKB approximation and the exact analytical solution for the linear profile of the inhomogeneity clearly shows that under this condition, the WKB approximation gives good results.
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