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scatterometer

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scatterometer [‚skad·ə′räm·əd·ər]
(engineering)
A microwave sensor that is essentially a radar without ranging circuits, used to measure only the reflection or scattering coefficient while scanning the surface of the earth from an aircraft or a satellite.
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