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Main Authors: Zhao, Dongxiao, Aluie, Hussein
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11891
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author Zhao, Dongxiao
Aluie, Hussein
author_facet Zhao, Dongxiao
Aluie, Hussein
contents We expand on the method of sequential filtering for calculating spectra of inhomogeneous fields. Sadek & Aluie [Phys. Rev. Fluids, 3, 124610 (2018)] showed that the kernel has to have at least $p$ vanishing moments to extract a power-law spectrum $k^{-α}$ with $α<p+2$ by low-pass filtering. Here, we show that sequential high-pass filtering allows for extracting steeper spectra with $α<2p+3$ using the same $p$-th order kernel. For example, any spectrum of a field that is shallower than $k^{-5}$ can be extracted by sequential high-pass filtering using any 1st order kernel such as a Gaussian or top-hat. Finally, we demonstrate how second-order structure functions fail to capture spectral peaks because they cannot detect scaling that is too shallow.
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spellingShingle Calculating Spectra by Sequential High-Pass Filtering
Zhao, Dongxiao
Aluie, Hussein
Fluid Dynamics
Mathematical Physics
We expand on the method of sequential filtering for calculating spectra of inhomogeneous fields. Sadek & Aluie [Phys. Rev. Fluids, 3, 124610 (2018)] showed that the kernel has to have at least $p$ vanishing moments to extract a power-law spectrum $k^{-α}$ with $α<p+2$ by low-pass filtering. Here, we show that sequential high-pass filtering allows for extracting steeper spectra with $α<2p+3$ using the same $p$-th order kernel. For example, any spectrum of a field that is shallower than $k^{-5}$ can be extracted by sequential high-pass filtering using any 1st order kernel such as a Gaussian or top-hat. Finally, we demonstrate how second-order structure functions fail to capture spectral peaks because they cannot detect scaling that is too shallow.
title Calculating Spectra by Sequential High-Pass Filtering
topic Fluid Dynamics
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11891