Sentences with phrase «characteristic time scale»

What are usually quoted as periods are better referred to as characteristic time scales.

Finally, we find that a series of damped random walk models provides a good fit to the 10Be data with a fixed characteristic time scale of 1000 years, which is roughly consistent with the quasi-periods found by the Fourier and wavelet analyses.

Nor do I claim that they don't show characteristic time scales — just that the evidence is often sketchy at best.

We can expect very large transients at many characteristic time scales.

Thus, the characteristic time scale for maximally differentiated responses in thalamocortical networks appears to be comprised between a few tens of milliseconds and a few seconds at the most.

Furthermore, it's all too easy to misinterpret period analysis (usually in the form of spectral analysis) even when estimating the values of, or assessing the existence of, characteristic time scales.

Uncertainties affecting the prediction of climate change and its speed: future emissions, climate sensitivity, aerosols, characteristic time scales.