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- Acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging; a radio device or system for locating an object by means of ultrahigh-frequency radio waves reflected from the object and received, observed, and analyzed by the receiving part of the device in such a way that characteristics (as distance and direction) of the object may be determined.
NOAA National Weather Service - Cite This Source - This Definition - Absorption, Backscatter, Radar Data Acquisition, Range Normalization, RCV, reflection
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