Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010georl..3711806l&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 37, Issue 11, CiteID L11806
Physics
Plasma Physics
19
Atmospheric Processes: Atmospheric Electricity, Atmospheric Processes: Lightning, Exploration Geophysics: Remote Sensing, Electromagnetics: Wave Propagation (2487, 3285, 4275, 4455, 6934), Space Plasma Physics: Instruments And Techniques
Scientific paper
We report the observation with the North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) related to a terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF) detected by RHESSI on 26 July 2008. The LMA data explicitly show the TGF was produced during the initial development of a compact intracloud (IC) lightning flash between a negative charge region centered at about 8.5 km above sea level (-22°C temperature level) a higher positive region centered at 13 km, both confined to the convective core of an isolated storm in close proximity to the RHESSI footprint. After the occurrence of an LMA source with a high peak power (26 kW), the initial lightning evolution caused an unusually large IC current moment that became detectable 2 ms after the first LMA source and increased for another 2 ms, during which the burst of gamma-rays was produced. This slowly building current moment was most likely associated with the upward leader progression, which produced an uncommonly large IC charge moment change (+90 C·km) in 3 ms while being punctuated by a sequence of fast discharge. These observations suggest that the leader development may be involved in the TGF production.
Blakeslee Richard J.
Buechler Dennis E.
Christian Hugh J.
Cummer Steven A.
Hall John M.
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