Geophysical Research Letters VOL.52 ISSUE 6 | 24 March 2025
Energetic Compact Strokes as the Major Source of Downward Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes in Winter Thunderstorms
Ting Wu + Daohong Wang + David Miles Smith ...
Terrestrial gamma‐ray flashes (TGFs) are short bursts of intense gamma radiation associated with lightning discharges. Although thousands of TGFs have been observed...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres VOL.130 ISSUE 6 | 18 March 2025
An Upward Multi‐Pulse TGF Involved With Two Thunderstorm Cells
Kazuhiro Nakazawa + Daohong Wang + Gabriel Sousa Diniz ...
Gamma rays associated with lightning discharges are evidence of ∼30 ${\sim} 30$ MeV electrons acceleration by electric field in the atmosphere. However, the acceleration...
AGU24 | 10 December 2024
Lightning Precursor Discharges and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes
Victor P Pasko + Anne Bourdon + Jaroslav Jansky ...
Spectacular naturally occurring bursts of X-rays with tens of mega electron-volt energies are observed in association with lightning activity in the Earth’s atmosphere. These...
Geophysical Research Letters VOL.52 ISSUE 6 | 14 March 2025
Ionospheric Elves Powered by Corona Discharges in Overshooting Thunderclouds
Feifan Liu + Jiuhou Lei + Baoyou Zhu ...
Corona discharges in thundercloud tops are observed by the Atmosphere‐Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) as blue flashes at the 337 nm spectral line of N2 and by...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres VOL.130 ISSUE 5 | 3 March 2025
3D Radio Frequency Mapping and Polarization Observations Show Lightning Flashes Were Ignited by Cosmic‐Ray Showers
Xuan-Min Shao + Cheng Ho + Daniel Jensen ...
Previous 2D radio frequency interferometric observations showed that lightning is commonly started with a positive fast discharge (+FD) before a normal negative leader continues...