Accurate estimation of third-order moments from turbulence measurements

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-110

  Podesta, J J ^a   Forman, M A ^b   Smith, C W ^a   Elton, D C ^c   Malecot Y ^d   Gagne, Y ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; HYDRODYNAMICS; SOLAR WIND; TURBULENCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 60749101914     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-16-99-2009     Document Type: Article

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