Published October 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

On limitations of the spectrogram in the representation of the amplitude of nonstationary fusion plasma signals

  • 1. Centro de Fusao Nuclear, Associacao Euratom-IST, Instituto Superior Tecnico, 1049-001 Lisbon (Portugal)

Description

The spectrogram capability to track the amplitude of signal components is discussed. A study using theoretical signal models shows that significant discrepancies may exist between the evolutions of the amplitude of a nonstationary signal component and of the magnitude of the corresponding spectrogram. To illustrate the practical consequences of this spectrogram shortcoming, the growth of magnetohydrodynamic modes observed in the JET tokamak is addressed

Additional details

Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Review of Scientific Instruments
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 10F509
ISSN
0034-6748
CODEN
RSINAK

Optional Information

Notes
(c) 2006 American Institute of Physics
Collaborations
JET EFDA Contributors