Averaging intervals for spectral analysis of nonstationary turbulence

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-247

  Trevino, George ^a   Andreas, Edgar L ^b  

^a CHIRES Inc   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Averaging windows; Intermittency; Nonstationarity; Real time; Turbulence spectrum

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; NONSTATIONARITY; REAL TIME; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0034042509     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002632004254     Document Type: Article

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