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...
AGU24 | 10 December 2024
Optical Emissions Associated with Terrestrial Gamma-ray and Lightning Flashes at the Telescope Array Detector.
Rasha Abbasi + Dan Rodeheffer + Davide Mazzucco ...
Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) are intense bursts of gamma rays originating from the Earth’s atmosphere, primarily produced by lightning flashes through relativistic...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres VOL.129 ISSUE 24 | 10 December 2024
Intermediate Fluence Downward Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes as Observed by the Telescope Array Surface Detector
Rasha Abbasi + A Iwasaki + A Nakazawa ...
On 11 September 2021, two small thunderstorms developed over the Telescope Array Surface Detector (TASD) that produced an unprecedented number of six downward terrestrial...