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There seem to be a host of malevolent factors that work in concert to inhibit the collection of accurate RCS information. They range from random internal thermal noise generated in the instrumentation system to residual external echoes from optically invisible obstacles on the test range. The cumulative result of this multiplicity of internal and external errors is an absolute limit on data accuracy that is seldom better than 0.5 dB (about 12 percent).
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Knott, E.F. (1993). Measurement Errors. In: Radar Cross Section Measurements. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9904-9_4
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