surface clutter

surface clutter
Unwanted radar or sonar wave reflection arising from the land or sea surface.

Unwanted echoes usually occur as distributed clutter, as surface clutter (such as land and sea echoes) or as volume clutter (such as rain, chaff).

See Also: volume clutter

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