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Figure 3.4. (top); Illustration of the bowl shaped PPI and straight CAPPI relative to the curved earth surface,
(bottom); Tropical Cyclone Joan (1975) off the Australian west coast, showing the loss of signal at large radii from the combined effects of the bowl shaped PPI and attenuation by heavy rainfall. All terms are defined in the text.

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