The invention provides a terminal for detecting and diagnosing atmospheric duct in real time. The independent terminal is connected onto a
radar on active duty and has the capability for detecting and diagnosing the atmospheric duct on the premise that the work and the performance of a
shore based
radar or a ship-based connected
radar are not influenced. The terminal comprises a work
station (or a
server) based on a compact
peripheral component Interconnect (CPCI)
bus, an interface module, a medium-frequency sampling digital
receiver, a high-speed
digital signal processor and an
integrator formed by related
software. The terminal acquires echoes and data by utilizing the connected radar, performs isolation and amplification through the interface module, then sends an original
signal to the medium-frequency sampling digital
receiver and the high-speed
digital signal processor to be processed and converted so as to obtain sea
clutter data, measures and calculates sea
clutter power, performs atmospheric duct parameter inversion through atmospheric duct detecting and diagnosing
software, and finally displays atmospheric duct parameters on a displayer of a control console. The terminal fully utilizes existing functions of the connected radar, does not influences normal usage, and is low in modification cost, convenient to install, high in reliability and suitable for radars with
X wave bands, C wave bands and
S wave bands.