AE31A:
Energetic Radiation from Lightning and Thunderstorms I

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Session ID#: 22836

Session Description:
Highly energetic radiation has been observed in conjunction with thunderstorm electrical activity in recent years, at timescales from microseconds and milliseconds (usually coincident with lightning) to minutes, and from the vantage points of satellites, aircraft, balloon-borne instruments, and instruments on the ground. High-energy electrons, positrons, gamma-rays, and possibly neutrons have been observed, but the physical processes and enabling meteorological contexts involved remain mysteries. We invite experimental, theoretical, and observational contributions investigating all aspects of energetic radiation produced in connection with atmospheric electricity, including terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs), terrestrial electron beams (TEBs), positron and neutron production, high-energy radiation from stepped leaders, runaway relativistic electron avalanche, observations of lightning and thunderstorms associated with energetic radiation, effects of thunderstorm electric fields on cosmic-ray showers, and physical models of radiation production.
Primary Convener:  Brant Carlson, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, United States
Conveners:  Michael S Briggs, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA, Huntsville, United States, Gaopeng Lu, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China and Amitabh Nag, Florida Institute of Technology, APSS, Melbourne, FL, United States
Chairs:  Michael S Briggs, Univ of AL in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States and Brant Carlson, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Brant Carlson, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • SA - SPA-Aeronomy
Index Terms:

3304 Atmospheric electricity [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3324 Lightning [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
4301 Atmospheric [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Positron Annihilation in Thunderstorms Observed by ILDAS. (251475)
Pavlo Kochkin1, David Sarria Sr2, Alexander Van Deursen3, Alte de Boer4, Michiel Bardet4, Cedric Allasia5, Franck Flourens5 and Nikolai Ostgaard2, (1)University of Bergen, Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway, (2)University of Bergen, Department of Physics and Technology, Bergen, Norway, (3)Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, 5612, Netherlands, (4)National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, Amsterdam, Netherlands, (5)Airbus Defence and Space, Toulouse, France
Terrestrial gamma ray flashes observed by Fermi, lightning mapping arrays and distant ground based radio sensors (248655)
Fanchao Lyu1, Steven A Cummer2, Paul R Krehbiel3, William Rison4, Michael S Briggs5, Eric Cramer6, Oliver Roberts7 and Matthew Stanbro6, (1)Nanjing Joint Institute for Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing, China, (2)Duke University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Durham, United States, (3)New Mexico Tech, Socorro, United States, (4)New Mexico Inst Mining & Tech, Socorro, United States, (5)CSPAR, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, United States, (6)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (7)Universities Space Research Association, Huntsville, AL, United States
Initial results from a multi-point mapping observation of thundercloud high-energy radiation in coastal area of Japan sea (271057)
Yuuki Wada1, Teruaki Enoto2, Yoshihiro Furuta3, Kazuhiro Nakazawa4, Takayuki Yuasa5, Kazufumi Okuda4, Kazuo Makishima5, Toshio Nakano5, Daigo Umemoto6, Harufumi Tsuchiya7 and GROWTH Collaboration, (1)The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, United States, (2)Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, (3)Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, Japan, (4)The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, (5)RIKEN, Wako, Japan, (6)RIKEN, Kobe, Japan, (7)JAEA Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Toki, Japan
Ground-Based Observations of Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes Associated with Downward-Directed Lightning Leaders (262846)
John Belz1, Rasha Abbasi2, Paul R Krehbiel3, Ryan LeVon1, Jackson Remington4, William Rison5 and Ronald J Thomas5, (1)University of Utah, Physics Department, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (2)University of Utah, Physics Department, Salt Lake City, United States, (3)New Mexico Tech, Socorro, United States, (4)University of Utah, Physics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (5)New Mexico Inst Mining & Tech, Socorro, United States

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