Abstract

A new data analysis technique has been developed for the evaluation of the density profiles from broadband reflectometry in the presence of plasma turbulence. The method is based on the spectrogram of the reflected signals and uses the complete information of the beat frequency spectrum. The application of the Floyd best path algorithm, that takes into account the history of the beat frequency curve, enables us to extract the slow component due to the plasma profile. The statistics of the group delay data points is also considered to validate (or reject) data with great confidence. The results obtained in a wide range of plasma regimes show that accurate and detailed profiles can be measured automatically. One and two dimensional moving averaging over consecutive sweeps is also available to reduce the variance of the inverted profile while retaining a good temporal resolution.

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