Burst sampling

Short definition of Burst sampling

Instrument's may be programmed in burst mode such as the sampling occurs over a specified interval with each burst having a specified duration. For example, an hourly burst interval with each burst lasting 10 minutes implies that the instrument turns on every hour, sampling for 10 min before turning off for the remaining 50 min. Burst sampling helps extends battery life and often used in surface wave turbulence studies.

This is the common definition for Burst sampling, but other definitions maybe discussed within the wiki.

Choosing the burst's duration must adhere to the same considerations as segmenting continuous datasets. Each burst must be sufficiently long to derive turbulence statistics, which depends on the environment and sampling rate. For tidal systems, bursts are usually of the order of 5 to 10 min. Longer bursts may allow for more robust statistics or for segmenting datasets. For example, a burst lasting 18 min may be segmented into three 50% overlapping 9 min segments.