A random process
Xt
X
t
is Gaussian if the joint density of the
NN amplitudes
X
t
1
…,X
t
N
X
t
1
…,
X
t
N
comprise a Gaussian random vector. The elements of
the required covariance matrix equal the covariance between the
appropriate amplitudes:
Ki,j=
K
X
t
i
t
j
K
i
j
K
X
t
i
t
j
. Assuming the mean is known, the entire structure of
the Gaussian random process is specified once the correlation
function or, equivalently, the power spectrum is known. As
linear transformations of Gaussian random processes yield
another Gaussian process, linear operations such as
differentiation, integration, linear filtering, sampling, and
summation with other Gaussian processes result in a Gaussian
process.