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Record #33731:

Radar doubtful in detecting ice. Bergs prove poor reflector according to '59 test, mariners warned / Anon.

Title: Radar doubtful in detecting ice. Bergs prove poor reflector according to '59 test, mariners warned / Anon.
Date: 1960.
In: Polar Times. (1960.), Vol. 50 (1960)
Abstract: Points out that iceberg is only one-sixtieth as effecient as ship of comparable size. May be detected no further than 6 km away.
Notes:

Polar Times. Vol. 50 :8 (1960).

Keywords: 551.32 -- Glaciology.
551.326.025 -- Floating ice, surface detection.
53.087.23 -- Remote sensing.
SPRI record no.: 33731

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