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This study shows that for turbulence measurements made using laser Doppler
anemometry, errors associated with the frequency analyzer's resolution can
be present. Since all analyzers are based upon some digital clock, the mini
mum clock cycle is proportional to the finest frequency resolution (f(r)) p
ossible. It was found that if the frequency histogram spaned less than 16f(
r) for +/-3 sigma, then the calculated values for all of the Reynolds stres
s tensor components will be in error. This was observed for a counter syste
m and a correlator system. The correlator system interpolated to less than
one clock cycle, but the interpolation did not seem to help in the eliminat
ion of the errors. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.