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An analysis is made of the effect of spatial separation of a pair of parallel temperature sensors on the variance and spectrum of spatial temperature derivatives in a turbulent flow. The results of the analysis are compared with experimental results obtained when the separation between the sensors is in a direction either perpendicular or parallel to that of the main stream.
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Browne, L.W.B., Antonia, R.A. & Chambers, A.J. Effect of the separation between cold wires on the spatial derivatives of temperature in a turbulent flow. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 27, 129–139 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239610
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