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Old 13th Feb 2014, 10:56
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Nemrytter
 
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Probably a reasoned guess/(?BS?) - there is no way you can determine cloud tops with radar.
News to me. Radar systems are routinely used for monitoring cloud top height - usually from satellites but it also works from aircraft (with a bit of extra mathematics).
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