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RADAR observations on rain clouds are being made at Cambridge, using a vertically directed beam with a half-width of 3° to half-power, a peak power of 40 kW. with a 1 µsec. pulse on a wave-length of 3.2 cm., and a range-amplitude display (‘A-scope’). The same aerial is used both for transmitting and for receiving.
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BROWNE, I. A Radar Echo from Lightning. Nature 167, 438 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167438a0
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