Radar gathers information about precipitation in clouds by measuring the
a. energy emitted by the precipitation particles.
b. absorption characteristics of falling precipitation.
c. amount of energy reflected back to a transmitter.
d. amount of sunlight scattered off the precipitation.
e. amount of solar energy passing through the cloud.
ANSWER: c
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