On probability distribution functions in turbulence. Part 1. A regularisation method to improve the estimate of a PDF from an experimental histogram

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 111-132

  Andreotti, B ^a   Douady, S ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Probability distribution function; Statistics; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FUNCTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NORMALIZED HISTOGRAMS; REGULARIZATION METHOD;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 0040907609     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(99)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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