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GROUND CLUTTER [2 records]

Record 1 2005-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Range Measurements (Telecommunications)
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

Radar echoes from the terrain.

CONT

gound clutter: Radar echoes from tree, 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.

OBS

ground return: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures à distance (Télécommunications)
  • Télédétection

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

The pattern produced on the screen of a radar indicator by undesired ground return.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

Écho produit par réflexion sur le sol.

OBS

Le terme «échos parasites sol» a été uniformisé par le CUTA opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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