Is the use of radar affected by climatic conditions?

Generally speaking, it will be affected. Moreover, according to different radar types, the most advanced X-band radar of the US Army, the shipborne active phased array radar and Y-band radar of China are less affected. Because they have shorter wavelengths and more energy. At present, the mechanical scanning radar in many countries will be greatly discounted because of the weather, especially the thunderstorm weather.

Radar, the transliteration of English radar, comes from the abbreviation of radio detection and ranging, which means "radio detection and ranging", that is, finding the target by radio and determining its spatial position. Therefore, radar is also called "radio positioning". Radar is an electronic device that uses electromagnetic waves to detect targets. The radar emits electromagnetic waves to illuminate the target and receives its echoes, thus obtaining information such as the distance from the target to the electromagnetic wave emission point, the rate of change of distance (radial speed), azimuth, altitude and so on.