We present a hydrodynamic-Langevin scheme to describe electronic noise in unipolar structures and evaluate the cross-correlation functions of conduction current fluctuations entering the transfer impedance method. The theory is developed in terms of microscopic fluctuations of carrier velocity and energy taking place during scattering events. Applications to submicron n(+) nn(+) GaAs structures show that the contribution of stochastic velocity rate prevails over that of the energy rate in determining the cross-correlation function of conduction current fluctuations. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)01105-5].