Which mechanism causes increased noise floor sensitivity in radioastronomy arrays?

💡 Explanation

Atmospheric wavefront aberration distorts the incoming radio waves through refraction. This increases incoherent background noise because random phase variations decorrelate signals. Therefore, aberration elevates the noise floor rather than instrumental artifacts or signal processing.

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