Open AccessFluctuation Spectra of Wavefields in Geophysics
Author(s) -
Tolstoy I.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1975.tb05892.x
Subject(s) - atmosphere (unit) , geophysics , earth (classical element) , spectral line , yield (engineering) , geology , meteorology , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , physics , thermodynamics , astronomy , mathematical physics
Summary Randomly fluctuating wavefields can be made to yield valuable information concerning the media in which they occur. The basic technique for extracting this information is explained and illustrated by two examples pertinent to the lower and upper atmosphere of the Earth.