Description: Siting analysis is extremely important in determining the best site for a radar. The most suitable site is dependent on the phenomena the user wishes to observe. For instance, if the observer is interested in estimating radar-rainfall, then a site which keeps the radar beam closest to the ground is best. This often results in radars being located at the base of mountain ranges, looking up the slope of the range. There are several analysis used for siting radars. One such analysis is an occultation analysis, which detects radar observation range that is free from blockage or clutter at a given elevation. Radar siting for determining rainfall, there is a Floor Analysis that determines the lowest distance above the ground that the radar can measure. It is important to keep the radar beam as close to the ground as possible, as the correlation between radar dervived rainfall, and rainfall detected from a rain gauge can be expected to diminish with increasing beam height above the ground.
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