Analysis of lightning-induced currents in supply cable shields and their impact on LLS sensor site errors

Hannes Kohlmann, Wolfgang Schulz, Farhad Rachidi, Naiara Duarte, and Dmitry Kuklin

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Final revised paper (published on 30 Oct 2025)
Preprint (discussion started on 14 May 2025)

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Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on egusphere-2025-1015', Martin Murphy, 05 Jun 2025

please see attached pdf file

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1015-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Hannes Kohlmann, 18 Jun 2025
  
  Dear Martin Murphy,
  thank you very much for your valuable review, positive remarks and constructive feedback. The comments and questions allowed to improve the paper.
  Kindly find the answers to your questions (highlighted in green) and the adaptations of the addressed sections/segments/formulations (highlighted in orange) in the appended PDF document.
  Best regards, also on behalf of all co-authors,
  
  Hannes Kohlmann
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1015-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on egusphere-2025-1015', Kenneth Cummins, 26 Jul 2025

See attached pdf. Note that today was the final date for me to submit my reviewer comments. Due to unanticipated circumstances, I was unable to complete transcription/refinement of my "Minor/Editorial Comments/Suggestions" portion of the review (beyond line 351). I DID complete my "General Comments" and my "Scientific/Technical Questions/Comments/Issues". If allowed, I will add my other minor comments and suggestions in the next few days.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1015-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Hannes Kohlmann, 18 Aug 2025
  
  Dear Kenneth Cummins,
  
  on behalf of all co-authors I wish to thank you for your valuable review - in particular, for the meticulous inspection and the careful listing of the issues and comments. Based on this valuable input, the manuscript has been improved and re-examined once more with respect to the plausibility of individual steps, the selection of parameters, and the overall rigor of the methodology.
  
  Kindly find the answers to your questions (highlighted in green) and the adaptations of the addressed sections/segments/formulations (highlighted in orange) in the appended PDF document.
  
  Best regards,
  
  Hannes Kohlmann
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1015-AC2
RC3:
'Comment on egusphere-2025-1015', Dylan Goldberg, 27 Jul 2025

Please see the attached pdf for my comments.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1015-RC3
- AC4: 'Reply on RC3', Hannes Kohlmann, 18 Aug 2025
  
  Dear Dylan Goldberg,
  
  on behalf of all co-authors I wish to thank you for your valuable time to review the manuscript and your comments! Kindly find the answers (highlighted in green) to your questions and comments and the adaptations of the addressed sections/segments/formulations (highlighted in orange) in the appended PDF document.
  
  Best regards,
  
  Hannes Kohlmann
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1015-AC4
RC4:
'Comment on egusphere-2025-1015', Kenneth Cummins, 28 Jul 2025

I have enow added the rest of my Minor/Editorial Comments/Suggestions that were missing in my comments on July 25.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1015-RC4
- AC3: 'Reply on RC4', Hannes Kohlmann, 18 Aug 2025
  
  Dear Kenneth Cummins,
  the PDF with the answers to the complete set of comments was uploaded as a response to RC2!
  
  Best regards,
  
  Hannes Kohlmann
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1015-AC3

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by Hannes Kohlmann on behalf of the Authors (19 Aug 2025) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (28 Aug 2025) by Yuanjian Yang

RR by Kenneth Cummins (08 Sep 2025)

RR by Dylan Goldberg (11 Sep 2025)

ED: Publish as is (13 Sep 2025) by Yuanjian Yang

AR by Hannes Kohlmann on behalf of the Authors (16 Sep 2025)

Short summary

Ground-based lightning location system (LLS) networks employ LLS sensors that estimate the direction of the magnetic field vector of incident lightning electromagnetic fields. This work demonstrates how field-to-cable coupling induces currents on the LLS sensor power supply cable shield, which are responsible for spurious (scattered) magnetic fields and, thus, cause errors in the estimation of the incident angle and amplitude, called "sensor site errors".

Analysis of lightning-induced currents in supply cable shields and their impact on LLS sensor site errors

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