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Fredericks & Coroniti 1976
Fredericks, R.W. and Coroniti, F.V. (1976). Ambiguities in the deduction of rest frame fluctuation spectrums from spectrums computed in moving frames. Journal of Geophysical Research 81: doi: 10.1029/JA081i031p05591. issn: 0148-0227.

The problem of interpretation of power spectrums computed by Fourier analysis of data time series taken in frames moving with respect to the medium containing the fluctuations is examined. It is found that no unique connection exists between the rest frame power spectrum as a function of scale length and the derived power spectrum as a function 'frequency' computed from the time series data taken in the moving frame. This caused by a complex Doppler-shifting phenomenon that leads to a basically aliased frequency spectrum in the moving frame. Examples of nonuniqueness are given for various types of rest frame density or wave turbulence that lead to the same frequency dependence of the power spectrum computed in the moving frame. This has implications for the past interpretations of power spectrums of density or magnetic field fluctuations from satellites or interplanetary probes.

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