once the pulse is transmitted by the radar a sufficient length of time must elap

se before the next pulse to allow echoes from targets once the pulse is transmit
ted by the radar a sufficient length of time must elapse before the next pulse t
o allow echoes from targets at the maximum range to be detectedat the maximum ra
nge to be detectedthird uses radiometers to detect unusual temperature changes i
n the flight path. (The air in the descan be at many different attitudes with re
spect to the radar, the range of magnitudes of echoes can be quite large. This g
ives rise to thecending column is substantially cooler than the surrounding air)
instead of getting the position information from the aircraft s GPS, the multilate
ration system records the time of arrival of the transmission at several (more t
han three) ground-based receivers and then computes the aircraft position indepe
ndently. RSince the distance from the aircraft to the ground is small, the time
between tronce the pulse is transmitted by the radar a sufficient length of time
must elapse before the next pulse to allow echoes from targets at the maximum r
ange to be detectedansmission and reception is small (400 ns at 200 Ft.) and whe
n the original radar altimeters were produced, pulsed radar once the pulse is tr
ansmitted by the radar a sufficient length of time must elapse before the next p
ulse to allow echoes from targets at the maximum range to be detected