Pulse repetition frequency

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pulse repetition frequency

(Abbreviated PRF.) The rate at which pulses of radio energy are transmitted by a pulsed radar.

The PRF determines the maximum unambiguous range and the maximum unambiguous Doppler velocity measurable by a particular radar. For typical weather radars, the PRF is in the range from several hundred hertz to several kilohertz.


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