Articles | Volume 17, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4695-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-4695-2024
Research article
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13 Aug 2024
Research article |  | 13 Aug 2024

Evaluation of the effects of different lightning protection rods on the data quality of C-band weather radars

Cornelius Hald, Maximilian Schaper, Annette Böhm, Michael Frech, Jan Petersen, Bertram Lange, and Benjamin Rohrdantz

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Weather radars should use lightning protection to be safe from damage, but the rods can reduce the quality of the radar measurements. This study presents three new solutions for lightning protection for weather radars and evaluates their influence on data quality. The results are compared to the current system. All tested ones have very little effect on data, and a new lightning protection system with four rods is recommended for the German Meteorological Service.