| m | Sensor Mass |
| xs | Sensor Position |
| b | Damping Coefficient |
| k | Spring Constant |
| Fm | Time-Dependent Excitation Force |
| Ff | Time-Dependent Shear Force |
| Ls | Characteristic Length of Sensor |
| Ly | Vertical Penetration Depth of Oscillating Sensor |
| f | Sensor Frequency |
| xs | Sensor Position |
| b | Damping Coefficient |
| k | Spring Constant |
| Fm | Time-Dependent Excitation Force |
| Ff | Time-Dependent Shear Force |
| Ls | Characteristic Length of Sensor |
| Ly | Vertical Penetration Depth of Oscillating Sensor |
| f | Sensor Frequency |
| a | Sensor Amplitude |
| U | Characteristic Flow Velocity Scale |
| L | Characteristic Flow Length Scale |
| τ0 | Mean Wall Shear Stress |
| ρ | Density of Flow |
| a* | Amplitude Ratio |
| Y* | Penetration Depth Ratio |
| L* | Flow/Sensor Length Ratio |
| ν | Kinematic Viscosity |
| Re | Reynolds Number |
| St | Strouhal Number |
| Hr | Hummer Number |
| x,y | Cartesian Coordinates |
| u,v | x and y Velocity Components |
| u′, v′ | x and y Fluctuating Velocity |
| x*, y* | Normalized Cartesian Coordinates |
| u*,v* | x and y Normalized Fluctuating Velocity Components |
| u*′, v*′ | x and y Normalized Fluctuating Velocity Components |
| t | Time |
| μ | Dynamic Viscosity |
| Ue | Edge Velocity |
| X | Non-Dimensional Streamwise Coordinate |
| T | Non-Dimensional Time |
| η | Non-Dimensional Vertical Coordinate |
| P1,P2,P3 | Known values in the simplified boundary layer equations |
| U0 | Edge Velocity at t=0 |
| ψ | Stream Function |
| Us | Sensor Velocity |
| P, Q, R | Locations Where Differences are Determined in Zig-Zag Scheme |
| < > | Time Average |
| ω | Angular Frequency |
| Fluctuating Skin Friction | |
| τ | Wall Shear Stress |
| A | Peak-to-peak Amplitude of the Sensor |
| Aτ = 0 | Peak-to-peak Amplitude of the Sensor at zero shear stress level |