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Hugh J. Christian

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Hugh J. Christian Jr

Principal Research Scientist, University of Alabama in Huntsville

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Rice University

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1977

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The Source Brightness Distribution of Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes From the ALOFT Flight Campaign

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES

The Novel View of Gamma-Ray Active Thunderclouds from the ALOFT Flight Campaign

ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE ELECTRICITY QUICK STRIKES ELIGHTNING

atmospheric and space electricity | 11 december 2024

Temporal Characteristics of Flickering Gamma-ray Flashes (FGFs) as Seen by iSTORM During the 2023 ALOFT Campaign

ENERGETIC RADIATION FROM LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS II POSTER

atmospheric and space electricity | 10 december 2024

Spectral analysis of Flickering Gamma Flashes observed during the ALOFT 2023 Campaign

ENERGETIC RADIATION FROM LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS II POSTER

atmospheric and space electricity | 10 december 2024

Broadband VHF Observations of ALOFT TGFs

ENERGETIC RADIATION FROM LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS I ORAL

atmospheric and space electricity | 10 december 2024

Temporal Morphology of Gamma-ray Glows from Thunderstorms Using iSTORM During the 2023 ALOFT Campaign

ENERGETIC RADIATION FROM LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS II POSTER

atmospheric and space electricity | 10 december 2024

Small Discharges at Thunderstorm Tops Imaged with VHF Interferometry

PHYSICS OF STREAMERS, LEADERS, AND THE LIGHTNING DISCHARGE II ORAL

atmospheric and space electricity | 10 december 2024

Evidence of a New Population of Weak Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes Observed From Aircraft Altitude

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

07 september 2024

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Union Fellow

Received December 2020

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For pioneering space-based lightning mapping instruments and advancing knowledge of atmospheric and space electricity

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Benjamin Franklin Lecture

Received December 2017