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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Radar [[echoes]] from trees, buildings, or other objects on the ground.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Such echoes may be caused by the [[reflection]] of [[energy]] back to the [[radar]] in the [[main lobe]]  or sidelobes of the [[antenna pattern]] and, in [[weather radar]] applications, interfere with the meteorological  echoes at the same [[range]].</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 08:41, 29 March 2024

Radar echoes from trees, buildings, or other objects on the ground.

Such echoes may be caused by the reflection of energy back to the radar in the main lobe or sidelobes of the antenna pattern and, in weather radar applications, interfere with the meteorological echoes at the same range.

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