Re:Radar Made Easy (1974)
by shoo on Monday August 31, 2015 @07:50AM
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> The energy of a radar return decreases as the fourth power of the range
I'd guess that's because the power / unit-area falls off like 1/r^2 for a ball of radius r in R^3, and that's for a one way trip, so another 1/r^2 multiple for the return trip. Is that sorta-right?
I'd guess that's because the power / unit-area falls off like 1/r^2 for a ball of radius r in R^3, and that's for a one way trip, so another 1/r^2 multiple for the return trip. Is that sorta-right?