AE33A-0467
Reassessing the BATSE Catalogue of Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Amanda M Sleinkofer, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA, United States, Michael S Briggs, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States and Valerie Connaughton, Univ of AL in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
Abstract:
Since Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) were discovered by the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) on NASA's Compton Gamma-ray Observatory (CGRO) in the 1990s, other observations have increased our knowledge of TGFs. This improved understanding includes characteristics such as the distributions of geographic locations, pulse durations, pulse shapes, and pulse multiplicities. Using this post-BATSE knowledge, we reassessed the BATSE TGF catalogue(http://gammaray.nsstc.nasa.gov/batse/tgf/). Some BATSE triggers have features that can easily identify the trigger as a TGF, while others display different features that are unusual for TGFs. The BATSE triggers of the TGF catalogue were classified into five categories: TGFs, Terrestrial Electron Beams (TEBs), unusual TGFs, uncertain due to insufficient data, and TEB candidates. The triggers with unusual features will be further investigated. A table of our classifications and comments will be added to the online catalogue.
