precipitation echo

[prə‚sip·ə′tā·shən ‚ek·ō]

(meteorology)

A type of radar echo returned by precipitation.

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Serebreny, 1962: Radar precipitation echo and satellite cloud observations of a maritime cyclone.

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In this section, the temporal/spatial variation of the precipitation echo is represented by a sinusoidal function, and the echo intensity formula is as follows:

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The FAA warns that gaps of 20-30 miles between strong precipitation echoes will likely contain strong turbulence.

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As seen from Figure 4, several convective cores immersed within stratiform precipitation echoes which indicated that the precipitation had become a mixed type at that time.

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Gust fronts and thunderstorm-outflow boundaries are not precipitation echoes, but are clearly seen on the NWS radar image as low-reflectivity returns.

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Radar recorded light precipitation echoes near the accident site.

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There will be times where you'll see precipitation echoes that are due to the beam striking a mountain range.

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