SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS—Continued 



y(nAt) time series containing periodic repetitions of short data record 



y (nAt) estimate of finite time series 



y (nAt) partially overlapped time series 



y (nAt) partially overlapped time series 



y£(nAt) partially overlapped time series 



Z(nAt) local variance time series (LVTS) 



Z(At) first point in LVTS 



z(nAt) LVTS with mean removed 



a^^ amplitude of sine component of MRS analysis of a time series 



3- amplitude of cosine component of MRS analysis of a time series 



AfwDc frequency spacing between adjacent pair of prominent MRS constituents 



At time interval between data points 



6 a fraction 



e wave steepness, ak 



T\. elevation represented by a data point in time series 



ir constant equal to 3.14159 



a frequency of a sinusoidal wave 



a frequency in the Fourier transform of a time series 



a standard deviation of time series ~ 



a„ standard deviation of LVTS 



T lag between wave parameters for autocorrelation (number of waves) 



^ phase of a sinusoidal wave 



4)j phase for MRS constituent 



(j) phase of combined sine and cosine components of the Fourier transform 

 of a time series 



0). frequency in MRS analysis of a time series 



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