In this chapter, sea clutter is described in terms of its observed characteristics. These observations will provide the foundations upon which the themes of subsequent chapters are developed. Radars ...

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Preceding chapters enable the echo strength reaching the radar from passive or active targets to be calculated in presence of precipitation and in the various sea conditions. In this chapter we ...

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Ground clutter may sound more like my son's messy room than a weather word, but it can be just as frustrating. Not everything that shows up on weather radar is actually weather. Sometimes, what looks ...