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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Sun Pointing Sun Pointing The term 'Sun Pointing' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' Alignment of the radar antenna by locating the position of the sun in the sky, which has an exactly known position given the radar's location and the present time. This may be necessary to verify that when we think we're pointing 'north', we actually are! The sun's signal is usually several dB above the background noise, and this technique is also sometimes used to examine the receiver sensitivity'. Previous 5 Terms: Sump pump sumpter sumptuary Sun Sun Pillar Next 5 Terms: sunbittern Sunflower Oil Assistance Program (SOAP) sunglint suni Sunk cost 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.