Lightning flashes conducive to the production and escape of gamma radiation to space

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Aug 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006jgrd..11116209w&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 111, Issue D16, CiteID D16209

Physics

39

Atmospheric Processes: Atmospheric Electricity, Atmospheric Processes: Lightning, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Radiation: Transmission And Scattering

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Gamma radiation observed in space has been associated with lightning flashes in thunderstorms. These special flashes do not appear to be the large and energetic positive ground flashes that also produce sprites. Considerations of gamma ray attenuation in air indicate that such flashes may not produce gamma radiation at sufficient altitude to enable their escape to space. High-altitude intracloud lightning, most prevalent in the tropics where the tropopause is also high, may be a necessary source.

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