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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A [[radar echo]] with [[phase]] and [[amplitude]] that varies randomly and unpredictably  from [[pulse]] to pulse.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Such echoes are caused by [[incoherent scattering]]. <br/>''Compare'' [[coherent echo]].</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 09:46, 30 March 2024

A radar echo with phase and amplitude that varies randomly and unpredictably from pulse to pulse.

Such echoes are caused by incoherent scattering.
Compare coherent echo.

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