Analysis of Random Cascades Using Space-Scale Correlation Functions

We introduce a formalism that allows us to study space-scale correlations in multiscale processes. This method, based on the wavelet transform, is particularly well suited to study multiplicative random cascade processes for which the correlation functions take a very simple expression. This two-point space-scale statistical analysis is illustrated on some pedagogical examples and then applied to fully developed turbulence data.

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