Imaging of 3 bright terrestrial gamma-ray flashes by the atmosphere-space interactions monitor and their parent thunderstorms.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
23 Mar 2024
23 Mar 2024
Historique:
received:
04
10
2023
accepted:
15
03
2024
medline:
24
3
2024
pubmed:
24
3
2024
entrez:
24
3
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) on the International Space Station (ISS) includes an instrument designed to geolocate Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGF) produced by thunderstorms. It does so with a coded aperture system shadowing the pixelated Low Energy Detector of the Modular X- and Gamma-ray Sensor (MXGS). Additionally, it locates associated lightning flashes with the Modular Multispectral Imaging Array (MMIA). Here we present 3 bright TGFs with very similar duration, fluency and observation distance. The innovative imaging capabilities allow us to determine the TGF position and correlate the TGF-lightning parent event in time and position simultaneously. The accurate position determination and distance to the observer allow us to perform a comparative study of TGF characteristics. These TGFs were produced in association with lightning flashes below the highest cloud tops of developing to mature convective cells. In one event, GLM (Geostationary Lightning Mapper) cloud flash rates were slowing down after the TGF while negative cloud-to-ground flashes suddenly ceased from 10 to 5 min before the TGF. An 8-stroke (strongest: -93 kA) cloud-to-ground flash occurred 31 s before the TGF. Vertical profiles from the ERA5 reanalysis data suggest TGFs may be produced in variety of tropical environments.
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pubmed: 38521847
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-57229-1
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-57229-1
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eng
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Organisme : Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
ID : ESP2017-86263-C4-2-R
Organisme : Agencia Estatal de Investigación
ID : PID2019-109269RB-C42
Organisme : Agencia Estatal de Investigación
ID : PID2019-109269RB-C41
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