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太阳雷达是利用雷达发射器主动向太阳发射特定波段的电磁波,并接收反射回波的雷达设备.通过研究回波的性质,了解太阳大气磁场结构、运动状况以及其他方面的重要信息.El Campo太阳雷达在长达8 yr的时间内对日冕进行了观测,跟踪了太阳活动的变化.运用Lomb–Scargle算法对其所获得的数据进行了周期性分析,发现其所测太阳的雷达散射截面数据的变化存在200 d和540 d的周期变化,然后对这两个周期进行了讨论,并选取了较大的散射截面(≥20σ⊙)与Dst指数进行了对比分析.最后对El Campo太阳雷达实验进行了总结,并展望了太阳雷达未来的发展.

Solar Radar can transmit radar waves to the Sun actively. By analyzing the echoes, we can obtain motions, magnetic field, and other information of solar atmosphere. The El Campo solar radar has done regular observations on solar corona for 8 years from 1961 to 1969, which tracked solar activities during a long time. We analyzed El Campo data with the Lomb–Scargle periodogram algorithm, and found that there are periods of 200 days and 540 days in the variations of the solar radar cross sections. Compared radar cross sections with the Dst indexes, we found that there was no significant relationship between them. Then, the proposal of solar radar in future was made.