What Is Clutter?
Radar echoes that are not weather, like hills, buildings, wind turbines, birds, or bugs. In technical terms: Unwanted radar returns from non-meteorological targets, including ground clutter (stationary, near-zero velocity), sea clutter, wind farms and biological scatterers; mitigated by clutter filtering and identified by low correlation coefficient and texture.
Also called: Ground Clutter
Clutter In Plain English
Radar echoes that are not weather, like hills, buildings, wind turbines, birds, or bugs.
The Technical Definition
Unwanted radar returns from non-meteorological targets, including ground clutter (stationary, near-zero velocity), sea clutter, wind farms and biological scatterers; mitigated by clutter filtering and identified by low correlation coefficient and texture.
Lessons That Use Clutter
- Reading Reflectivity (dBZ) Unit 12: Radar Science
