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Oscar A. Van Der Velde
Research associate, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Member, Atmospheric and Space Electricity Fellows Committee
Professional Experience
Paul Sabatier University
2022 - Present
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Research associate
2008 - Present
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Research associate
2008 - 2008
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Education
Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
Doctorate
Publications

Evidence of a New Population of Weak Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes Observed From Aircraft Altitude
Terrestrial Gamma‐ray Flashes (TGFs) are ten‐to‐hundreds of microsecond bursts of gamma‐rays produced when electrons in str...
September 07, 2024

Lightning‐Produced Nitrogen Oxides Per Flash Length Obtained...
December 12, 2023

High Production of Gigantic Jets by a Thunderstorm Over Indi...
November 16, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Analysis of the MTG Lightning Imager performance during the first days of public data with the Ebro Lightning Mapping Array and the ASIM instrument on the ISS
ADVANCEMENTS IN LIGHTNING METEOROLOGY, CLIMATOLOGY, AND REMOTE SENSING II ORAL
atmospheric and space electricity | 11 december 2024
Joan Montanya, Oscar A. Van Der Velde, Jesús Alber...
We analyze Meteosat Third Generation-I1 (MTG-I1) Lightning Imager (LI) observations with detections from the ground by the Ebro Lightning Mapping Arra...
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The Novel View of Gamma-Ray Active Thunderclouds from the ALOFT Flight Campaign
ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE ELECTRICITY QUICK STRIKES ELIGHTNING
atmospheric and space electricity | 11 december 2024
Martino Marisaldi, Nikolai Ostgaard, Timothy J. La...
The ALOFT* 2023 flight campaign is revolutionizing the field of atmospheric electricity, providing observations of gamma-ray emissions from tropical t...
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Thunderstorm flash rates with the Meteosat Lightning Imager (MTG-LI) compared to the Ebro Lightning Mapping Array
ADVANCEMENTS IN LIGHTNING METEOROLOGY, CLIMATOLOGY, AND REMOTE SENSING I POSTER
atmospheric and space electricity | 10 december 2024
Oscar A. Van Der Velde, Nicolau Pineda, Joan Monta...
Launched into geostationary orbit in December 2022, the first Meteosat Third Generation satellite contains the Lightning Imager, which started deliver...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2026
Member
Atmospheric and Space Electricity Fellows Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
Atmospheric and Space Electricity Benjamin Franklin Lecture Committee
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