Weather Radar Fundamentals

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Overview of Weather Radars » Questions » Question 6

What is the cone of silence? (Choose the best answer.)

The correct answer is b.

The cone of silence is the volume left unscanned above the highest inclination angle beam.

Depiction of a radar scanning pattern at different elevations. A triangular area above the radar is empty to indicate the area that is not scanned--called the cone of silence.

Please make a selection.

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