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where <math> dW(t) </math> is a Wiener process.
where <math> dW(t) </math> is a Wiener process.
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<math>  u' </math> is the turbulence intensity and math>  \tau </math> ia Lagrangian time-scale.
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<math>  u' </math> is the turbulence intensity and <math>  \tau </math> a Lagrangian time-scale.
Th finite difference  approximation of the above equation is
Th finite difference  approximation of the above equation is

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The stochastic differential equation (SDE) for velocity component  U(t) , the Langevin equation is


dU(t) = - U(t) \frac{dt}{\tau} + \frac{2 u'}{\tau}^{1/2} dW(t)

where  dW(t) is a Wiener process.   u' is the turbulence intensity and   \tau a Lagrangian time-scale.

Th finite difference approximation of the above equation is


U(t+\Delta t) = U(t) - U(t) \frac{\Delta t}{\tau} + \frac{2 u' \Delta t}{\tau}^{1/2} \mathcal{N}

where  \mathcal{N} is a standardized Gaussian random variable with 0 mean an unity variance which is independent of  U on all other time steps (Pope 1994). The Wiener process can be understood as Gaussian random variable with 0 mean and variance  dt

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