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REFLEXION [1 record]

Record 1 2006-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Space Physics
DEF

The return of electromagnetic waves, generated by a radar installation, from an object on which the waves are incident.

OBS

Reflection may be diffuse, when the incident radiation is scattered upon being reflected from the surface, or specular when all or most angles of reflection equal the angle of incidence.

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • radar reflexion

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
  • Physique spatiale
DEF

Phénomène par lequel une onde électromagnétique ou élastique est renvoyée par une surface qu'elle rencontre.

OBS

réflexion radar : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

PHR

Réflexion diffuse, spéculaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Radiación electromagnética
  • Física espacial
DEF

Retorno al propio medio de propagación de ondas o partículas materiales que inciden sobre sus superficies límite.

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