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Radar Cross Section


   Weather TermDescription / Definition
   Radar Cross Section The area of a fictitious, perfect reflector of electromagnetic waves (e.g., metal sphere) that would reflect the same amount of energy back to the radar as the actual target (e.g., lumpy snowflake).


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