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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Partial Beam Filling Partial Beam Filling The term 'Partial Beam Filling' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' A limitation of the rainfall estimation techniques used by NEXRAD. At far ranges from the radar, a storm may occupy only a portion of the radar beam (which may be several miles across). However, the radiation received by the radar antenna consists of the average reflectivity across the entire beam, so the reflectivity and associated rainfall rates are underestimated'. Previous 5 Terms: parthenian Parthenogenesis parthenogenesis parthenology parthophobia Next 5 Terms: Partial Capitation Partial Hospitalization Partial requirements consumer Partial-Duration Flood Series Partially Capitated About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.