AE32A:
Energetic Radiation from Lightning and Thunderstorms II

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Session ID#: 31096

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:  Amitabh Nag, Florida Institute of Technology, APSS, Melbourne, FL, 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:

Estimation of radiation doses in TGFs and gamma ray glows (233062)
Sebastien J Celestin1, Jean-louis Pincon1 and Francois Trompier2, (1)LPC2E, University of Orleans, CNRS, Orleans, France, (2)IRSN, Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety Institute, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
An Event Observed as a Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flash (TGF) and a Terrestrial Electron Beam (TEB) by Fermi GBM (266137)
Matthew Stanbro1, Michael S Briggs2, Eric Cramer1, Joseph R Dwyer3 and Oliver Roberts4, (1)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)CSPAR, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, United States, (3)University of New Hampshire, Space Science Center (EOS), Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States, (4)Universities Space Research Association, Huntsville, AL, United States
Gamma-ray signatures of neutrons from Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (267310)
Gregory S Bowers1, David Miles Smith2, Michael McCarthy3, Joseph R Dwyer4, Xuan-Min Shao5 and Brenda Dingus5, (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)University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, United States, (4)University of New Hampshire, Department of Physics, Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States, (5)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Simultaneous emissions of X-rays and microwaves from long laboratory sparks and downward lightning leaders (278095)
Joan Montanya, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Department of Electrical Engineering, Barcelona, Spain, Oscar A Van Der Velde, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Electrical Engineering, Terrassa, Spain and Ferran Fabró Tapia, Politechnic University of Catalonia, Electrical Engineering, Terrassa, Spain
Modeling of a new electron-streamer acceleration mechanism (281839)
Kevin M. A. Ihaddadene, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States, Joseph R Dwyer, University of New Hampshire, Space Science Center (EOS), Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States, Ningyu Liu, University of New Hampshire, Department of Physics and Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States and Sebastien J Celestin, CNRS - LPCE, Orleans Cedex 2, France

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