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Figure 26 Example Profile Correction against Range
Profile correction in dB as function of distance from radar for elevation 1.0° (black) and 2.0°
(grey).
3.17.6 Format of Terrain Map File
The terrain maps are stored in the surface_height.conf file in the ${IRIS_CONFIG}
directory.
This file contains information for each radar site stored in an ASCII polar format. Here are the
first few lines of such a file:
SITE Boston
AZ_RESOLUTION 1.0
RANGE_RESOLUTION 1.0 300.0
AZ 0
5
3
3
3
8
14
15
12
10
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