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Lens-Effect Loss for Distributed Targets |
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| Authors: | Shrader WW Weil TA |
| Institution: | Raytheon CC-11 430 Boston Post Rd. Wayland, MA 01778; |
| Abstract: | The atmosphere, acting like a lens, causes a small loss in radarsignal strength 1]. Unlike atmospheric absorption 2], the lenseffect loss is different for distributed targets versus point targets.For a distributed target uniformly filling the radar beam, the lens effect loss (in decibels) is one-half the lens-effect loss for point targets. |
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