AE31A:
Energetic Radiation from Lightning and Thunderstorms I Posters

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  David Miles Smith, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Gaopeng Lu, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, CAS, Beijing, China
Primary Conveners:  David Miles Smith, Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Co-conveners:  Brant E Carlson, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, United States, Gaopeng Lu, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, CAS, Beijing, China and Michael S Briggs, UA Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Morris Cohen, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
Search for X-rays and relativistic electrons in laboratory discharge experiments
Nikolai Ostgaard1, Brant E Carlson2, Øystein Grøndahl1, Pavlo Kochkin3, Ragnhild Nisi1 and Thomas Gjesteland1, (1)University of Bergen, Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway, (2)Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, United States, (3)Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
 
An NLDN-Based Search for Observationally Dim Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes Using Low Frequency Radio Sensors and Fermi’s GBM
Lindsay Erin McTague1, Steven A Cummer1 and Michael S Briggs2, (1)Duke University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Durham, NC, United States, (2)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
 
Toward an Optimized Third Catalog of RHESSI TGFs
Alexander Infanger1, David Miles Smith1, Thomas Gjesteland2, Nikolai Ostgaard2 and Paul Buzbee1,3, (1)Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, (3)Google, Mountain View, CA, United States
 
Characterizing the TGF-Lightning Relationship Using ENTLN
Kareem Omar1, Shaolin Xiong2, Michael S Briggs1 and Stan Heckman3, (1)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (3)Earth Networks, Germantown, MD, United States
 
Investigating terrestrial gamma-ray flashes with Fermi GBM and LIS
Timothy Tyler Daugherty, University of Georgia, Physics and Astronomy, Athens, GA, United States and Michael S Briggs, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
 
Bayesian Block Analysis of Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes Detected by the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor
Oliver Roberts1, Gerard Fitzpatrick1, Sheila McBreen1 and Michael S Briggs2, (1)University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, (2)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
 
Geolocation of Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes in Gamma Rays Using the Fermi Large Area Telescope
Meagan Schaal1, J Eric Grove1, Alexandre Chekhtman2, Michael S Briggs3, Gerard Fitzpatrick4, Steven A Cummer5 and Robert H Holzworth II6, (1)Naval Research Lab DC, Washington, DC, United States, (2)George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States, (3)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (4)University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, (5)Duke University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Durham, NC, United States, (6)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States
 
The First Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flash (TGF) Catalog
Michael S Briggs1, Valerie Connaughton2, Matthew Stanbro1, Binbin Zhang1, Narayana Bhat1, Gerald J Fishman1, Oliver Roberts3, Gerard Fitzpatrick3, Sheila McBreen3, J Eric Grove4 and Alexandre Chekhtman5, (1)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)Univ of AL in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (3)University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, (4)Naval Research Lab DC, Washington, DC, United States, (5)George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States
 
Lightning Leader Progression and Source Altitudes in Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes
Steven A Cummer1, Michael S Briggs2, Valerie Connaughton2, Gerald J Fishman2 and Joseph R Dwyer3,4, (1)Duke University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Durham, NC, United States, (2)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States, (4)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, NH, United States
 
TGF PULSE AND RADIO PROPERTIES DETECTED AT CLOSE RANGE
Morris Cohen1, Nicholas C Gross1, Fadi G Zoghzoghy2, Michael S Briggs3, Matthew Stanboro3 and Gerard Fitzpatrick4, (1)Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (3)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (4)University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
 
Search for Correlations Between Sprites and Tgfs By Goddard Robotic Telescope Wide Field (GRT-WF)
Ken Watanabe1, Jakob Hegley1, Ekaterina Vydra1, Alexander Luke1, Joseph Schiltz1, 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
Shahab Arabshahi1, Igor B Vodopiyanov1, Joseph R Dwyer2,3, Samaneh Sadighi1, Eric S Cramer1, Burcu Kosar1 and Hamid Rassoul1, (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 Main Campus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, NH, United States
 
Terrestrial Gamma Flashes Observed from Nearby Thunderstorms at Ground Level
Michael l Cherry, Nicholas Chason, Douglas Granger, T Gregory Guzik, Donald Pleshinger, James Rodi, J Gregory Stacy, Michael Stewart and Natalie Zimmer, Louisiana State University, 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
Gregory S Bowers1, Nicole Ann Kelley1, George Forest Martinez-McKinney1, David Miles Smith2, Paul Buzbee2 and Joseph R Dwyer3,4, (1)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States, (4)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, NH, United States
 
Search for Neutrons Associated with Lightning Discharges
J Eric Grove1, W Neil Johnson1, Bernard F Phlips1, Eric A Wulf1, Anthony L. Hutcheson1, Lee J. Mitchell1, Richard S. Woolf1, Meagan Schaal1, Martin A Uman2, Douglas M Jordan2 and Joseph R Dwyer3,4, (1)Naval Research Lab DC, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States, (4)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, NH, United States
 
HAWC Response to Lighting Activity
Alejandro Lara, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
 
X- and gamma ray observations in high-altitude thunderstorms in Mexico
Nicole Ann Kelley1,2, David Miles Smith1,2 and Alejandro Lara3, (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
 
Polarization of X-rays and Gamma-Rays produced by Thunderstorms and Lightning
Joseph R Dwyer, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States; University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, NH, United States
 
Optical Emissions Associated with Stepping Lightning Leaders in Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Flashes 
Wei Xu1, Sebastien J Celestin2 and Victor P Pasko1, (1)Penn State Univ, University Park, PA, United States, (2)CNRS - LPCE, Orleans Cedex 2, France
 
Calculating emission and atmospheric transport of neutrons, protons and positrons from thunderstorm
Christoph Koehn, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States and Ute Ebert, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam, Netherlands
 
Energy-Momentum Diffusion Effects on Energy Spectra of Relativistic Runaway Electron Avalanches in Air
Eric S Cramer1, Joseph R Dwyer2,3 and Hamid Rassoul1, (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 Main Campus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, NH, United States