Chairs: David Miles Smith, University of California, Department of Physics and Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, United States and Gaopeng Lu, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Primary Convener: David Miles Smith, University of California Santa Cruz, Department of Physics and Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Co-conveners: Brant Carlson, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, United States, Gaopeng Lu, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China and Michael S Briggs, UA Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
OSPA Liaison: Morris Cohen, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, United States
Search for X-rays and relativistic electrons in laboratory discharge experiments (21720)
Nikolai Ostgaard1, Brant Carlson2, Øystein Grøndahl3, Pavlo Kochkin4, Ragnhild Nisi3 and Thomas Gjesteland3, (1)University of Bergen, Department of Physics and Technology, Bergen, Norway, (2)Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, United States, (3)University of Bergen, Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway, (4)Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, 5612, Netherlands
An NLDN-Based Search for Observationally Dim Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes Using Low Frequency Radio Sensors and Fermi’s GBM (13109)
Lindsay Erin McTague, Duke University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Durham, NC, United States, Steven A Cummer, Duke University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Durham, United States and Michael S Briggs, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA, Huntsville, United States
Toward an Optimized Third Catalog of RHESSI TGFs (19891)
Alexander Infanger1, David Miles Smith2, Thomas Gjesteland3, Nikolai Ostgaard4 and Paul Buzbee1,5, (1)Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)University of California Santa Cruz, Department of Physics and Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (3)University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, (4)University of Bergen, Department of Physics and Technology, Bergen, Norway, (5)Google, Mountain View, CA, United States
Characterizing the TGF-Lightning Relationship Using ENTLN (20017)
Kareem Omar, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, Shaolin Xiong, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, Michael S Briggs, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA, Huntsville, United States, Stan Heckman, Earth Networks Inc., Germantown, MD, United States and the Fermi GBM TGF Team
Investigating terrestrial gamma-ray flashes with Fermi GBM and LIS (20466)
Timothy Tyler Daugherty, University of Georgia, Physics and Astronomy, Athens, GA, United States, Michael S Briggs, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA, Huntsville, United States and GBM and LIS Teams
Geolocation of Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes in Gamma Rays Using the Fermi Large Area Telescope (23250)
Meagan Schaal, Naval Research Lab DC, Washington, DC, United States, J Eric Grove, Naval Research Lab DC, Washington, United States, Alexandre Chekhtman, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States, Michael S Briggs, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA, Huntsville, United States, Gerard Fitzpatrick, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Steven A Cummer, Duke University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Durham, United States and Robert H Holzworth II, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States
The First Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flash (TGF) Catalog (26733)
Michael S Briggs1, Valerie Connaughton2, Matthew Stanbro3, Binbin Zhang3, Narayana Bhat3, Gerald J Fishman4, Oliver Roberts5, Gerard Fitzpatrick5, Sheila McBreen5, J Eric Grove6 and Alexandre Chekhtman7, (1)Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA, Huntsville, United States, (2)Univ of AL in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (3)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (4)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (5)University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, (6)Naval Research Lab DC, Washington, United States, (7)George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States
Lightning Leader Progression and Source Altitudes in Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes (27697)
Steven A Cummer, Duke University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Durham, United States, Michael S Briggs, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA, Huntsville, United States, Valerie Connaughton, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, Gerald J Fishman, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States and Joseph R Dwyer, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States; University of New Hampshire, Space Science Center (EOS), Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States
TGF PULSE AND RADIO PROPERTIES DETECTED AT CLOSE RANGE (30355)
Morris Cohen, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, United States, Nicholas C Gross, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States, Fadi G Zoghzoghy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Michael S Briggs, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA, Huntsville, United States, Matthew Stanbro, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, Gerard Fitzpatrick, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland and Fermi GBM Team
Search for Correlations Between Sprites and Tgfs By Goddard Robotic Telescope Wide Field (GRT-WF) (10525)
Ken Watanabe1, Jakob Christopher Hegley1, Ekaterina Vydra1, Alexander Luke1, Joseph Ryan Schlitz1, Takanori Sakamoto2, Davide Donato3, Takashi Okajima4 and Neil Gehrels5, (1)Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, United States, (2)Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Japan, (3)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
In-Situ observation of energetic electron fluxes inside thunderclouds using Balloon-borne instruments (31536)
Shahab Arabshahi1, Igor B Vodopiyanov1, Joseph R Dwyer2,3, Samaneh Sadighi1, Eric S Cramer1, Burcu Kosar4 and Hamid K Rassoul5, (1)Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, United States, (2)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire, Space Science Center (EOS), Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States, (4)Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, United States, (5)Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences, Melbourne, United States
Terrestrial Gamma Flashes Observed from Nearby Thunderstorms at Ground Level (27798)
Michael L Cherry1, Nicholas Chason2, Douglas Granger3, T Gregory Guzik3, Donald Pleshinger2, James Rodi2, J Gregory Stacy2, Michael Stewart1 and Natalie Zimmer1, (1)Louisiana State University, Physics & Astronomy, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (3)Louisiana State University, Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Preliminary Results from the Summer 2014 ADELE (Airborne Detection of Energetic Lightning Emissions) Campaign Aboard the NOAA Hurricane Hunters’ P3 Orion (28563)
Gregory S Bowers1, Nicole Ann Kelley1, George Forest Martinez-McKinney1, David Miles Smith2, Paul Buzbee3 and Joseph R Dwyer4,5, (1)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)University of California Santa Cruz, Department of Physics and Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (3)Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (4)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States, (5)University of New Hampshire, Space Science Center (EOS), Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States
Search for Neutrons Associated with Lightning Discharges (23109)
J Eric Grove1, W Neil Johnson2, Bernard F Phlips3, Eric A. Wulf2, Anthony L. Hutcheson2, Lee J. Mitchell2, Richard S. Woolf2, Meagan Schaal2, Martin A Uman4, Douglas M Jordan5 and Joseph R Dwyer6,7, (1)Naval Research Lab DC, Washington, United States, (2)Naval Research Lab DC, Washington, DC, United States, (3)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States, (4)University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, (5)Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, (6)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States, (7)University of New Hampshire, Space Science Center (EOS), Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States
X- and gamma ray observations in high-altitude thunderstorms in Mexico (25087)
Nicole Ann Kelley1,2, David Miles Smith1,2, Alejandro Lara3 and the HAWC collaboration, (1)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Energy-Momentum Diffusion Effects on Energy Spectra of Relativistic Runaway Electron Avalanches in Air (12757)
Eric S Cramer, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, United States, Joseph R Dwyer, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States; University of New Hampshire, Space Science Center (EOS), Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States and Hamid K Rassoul, Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences, Melbourne, United States
