WelchWindow[x]
represents a Welch window function of x.
WelchWindow[x,α]
uses the parameter α.


WelchWindow
WelchWindow[x]
represents a Welch window function of x.
WelchWindow[x,α]
uses the parameter α.
Details

- WelchWindow is a window function typically used for antialiasing and resampling.
- Window functions are used in applications where data is processed in short segments and have a smoothing effect by gradually tapering data values to zero at the ends of each segment.
- WelchWindow[x,α] is equal to
.
- WelchWindow[x] is equivalent to WelchWindow[x,1].
- WelchWindow automatically threads over lists.

Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Scope (6)
Applications (3)
Create a moving-average filter of length 11:
Taper the filter using a Welch window:
Log-magnitude plot of the power spectra of the filters:
Use a window specification to calculate sample PowerSpectralDensity:
Compare to spectral density calculated without a windowing function:
The plot shows that the window smooths the spectral density:
Compare to the theoretical spectral density of the process:
Properties & Relations (2)
Possible Issues (1)
2D sampling of Welch window will use a different parameter for each row of samples when passed as a symbol to Array:
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2012), WelchWindow, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WelchWindow.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2012. "WelchWindow." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WelchWindow.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2012). WelchWindow. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WelchWindow.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_welchwindow, author="Wolfram Research", title="{WelchWindow}", year="2012", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WelchWindow.html}", note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_welchwindow, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={WelchWindow}, year={2012}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WelchWindow.html}, note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}