Along-beam velocity fluctuation

Methods to compute the along-beam velocity fluctuation, <math> b^{\prime}</math> :

1. If using burst sampling, calculations are done over the length of the burst or some sub-period over which the turbulent flow statistics can assumed to be stationary
2. If using continuous sampling, calculations are done over segments with a duration over which the turbulent flow statistics can assumed to be stationary
3. For each data segment consisting of N profiles (i.e. <math> t_s </math>), the turbulent fluctuations are calculated separately for each beam and bin by either:
   • The mean over the data segment
   • A linear detrend of the segment
   • A low pass filtered signal