Section 5. Surveillance Systems
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1. Radar
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FIG 4
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Precipitation Attenuation
AREA BLACKED OUT
BY ATTENUATION
NOT OBSERVED
OBSERVED
ECHO
The nearby target absorbs and scatters so much of the out-going and returning
energy that the radar does not detect the distant target.
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