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Atmospheric Loss (Radar)

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`L_"atmos" = 10^( (alpha * R)/10 )`
`(alpha) "Two-way atmospheric loss rate"`
`(R)"Magnitude of the separation vector between antenna and target"`
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This equation provides atmospheric loss1 used in radar SNR.  This equation is most helpful in the context of calculating the Signal-to-Noise of a Synthetic Aperture Radar.

Radar Calculators

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  1. ^ Performance Limits for Synthetic Aperture Radar - Second Edition.  Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.  Printed February 2006. 

This equation, Atmospheric Loss (Radar), is used in 2 pages
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