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DOE OSTI · 1057081

PDV Uncertainty Estimation & Methods Comparison

Abstract

Several methods are presented for estimating the rapidly changing instantaneous frequency of a time varying signal that is contaminated by measurement noise. Useful a posteriori error estimates for several methods are verified numerically through Monte Carlo simulation. However, given the sampling rates of modern digitizers, sub-nanosecond variations in velocity are shown to be reliably measurable in most (but not all) cases. Results support the hypothesis that in many PDV regimes of interest, sub-nanosecond resolution can be achieved.

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Machorro, E. 2011-11-01. PDV Uncertainty Estimation & Methods Comparison. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1057081

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