Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes and High-Energy Atmospheric Events—Detection and Analysis
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Meteorology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 102
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to invite submissions to this Special Issue on "Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes and High-Energy Atmospheric Events—Detection and Analysis". It is well established that Earth's atmosphere is an electrically dynamic and ever-changing environment. In recent decades, thunderclouds and lightning have been clearly pointed out as capable of producing high-energy phenomena with disparate energetics and durations, ranging from sub-millisecond bursts of gamma-rays named Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) to minute-long gamma-ray glows, including the release of energetic particles such as positrons and neutrons. In particular, with energies up to tens of megaelectronvolts, TGFs represent the most powerful natural emissions occuring on Earth to date.
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the investigation of these events, with improvements in spaceborne, airborne, and ground-based instrumentation and advances in observation techniques. However, the exact mechanisms behind the production of these emissions are still being researched. The multidisciplinary study of these events can help provide new insights into the behavior of atmospheric electricity, the production of high-energy radiation in extreme environments, and the complex interactions between lightning and the surrounding context.
This Special Issue focuses on collecting recent results in the detection and analysis of TGFs and other atmospheric high-energy emissions, with particular reference to new detection systems and observational campaigns aimed at investigating these events. Contributions on other thunderstorm-related atmospheric phenomena, such as lightning and Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), are also welcome.
Dr. Alessandro Ursi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- terrestrial gamma-ray flashes
- gamma-ray glows
- thunderstorms
- thunderclouds
- lightning
- gamma-ray thunderstorms
- transient luminous events
- high-energy physics
