Analysis of Lightning Environment of Radio Base Stations in Shenzhen Based on Lightning Locating System

In recent years, a large number of radio base stations and antenna towers have been built in Shenzhen. The height of antenna tower is usually tens of meters, which may increase the probability of lightning strike. The lightning environment of radio base stations has been analyzed by the data accumulated by the lightning location system of Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao. The results show that the lightning occurrence probability in the surrounding domain cannot be increased by signal tower. The lightning parameter is basically the same in inner domain (177 m radius) and outer domain (177–250 m radius). The lightning parameter in the domain around radio base stations which were analyzed is also basically the same as those in Shenzhen.