Example figures: duration of low current velocity

Explanations

Period of time during which the magnitude of current velocity lies below a given threshold.

• left top: result for threshold 0.1 m/s.
• right top: result for threshold 0.5 m/s.
• left bottom: result threshold 0.9 m/s.
• right bottom: result for threshold 1.3 m/s.

Examples

current velocity < 0.1 m/s	current velocity < 0.5 m/s

current velocity < 0.9 m/s	current velocity < 1.3 m/s

Closely related quantities

• duration of high current velocity
• underflow frequency of velocity limits

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