Geophysical Research Letters VOL.51 ISSUE 22 | 13 November 2024
Discerning TGF and Leader Current Pulse in ASIM Observation
Andrew Mezentsev + David Sarria + Francisco J Gordillo-Vazquez ...
Terrestrial gamma ray flash (TGF) observations made by the Atmosphere‐Space Interaction Monitor (ASIM) have demonstrated that these TGFs are accompanied by a prominent...
Geophysical Research Letters VOL.51 ISSUE 20 | 24 October 2024
Source Altitude of Energetic In‐Cloud Pulses Inside Thunderstorms and Implication for the Intrinsic Brightness of Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes
Fanchao Lyu + Zilong Qin + Steven A Cummer ...
Upward Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes (TGFs) are mainly produced during the upward propagating negative leaders inside thunderclouds. The exact source position of TGFs,...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics VOL.129 ISSUE 11 | 21 November 2024
GOES‐R Series X‐Ray Sensor (XRS): 1. Design and Pre‐Flight Calibration
Thomas N Woods + Andrew R Jones + Donald Woodraska ...
The X‐Ray Sensor (XRS) has been making full‐disk observations of the solar soft X‐ray irradiance onboard National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres VOL.129 ISSUE 22 | 22 November 2024
Predicting Cloud‐To‐Ground Lightning in the Western United States From the Large‐Scale Environment Using Explainable Neural Networks
Dmitri Alexander Kalashnikov + Deepti Singh + Frances V Davenport ...
Lightning is a major source of wildfire ignition in the western United States (WUS). We build and train convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to predict the occurrence of cloud‐to‐ground...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres VOL.129 ISSUE 20 | 24 October 2024
Continuous Initial Breakdown Development of In‐Cloud Lightning Flashes
Yunjiao Pu + Steven A Cummer
Using a 30–250 MHz VHF interferometer, we observed a previously unreported mode of initial lightning development inside thunderclouds. This mode is defined by continuous...