Connections: Terrestrial Gamma Flashes and Lightning?
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The RHESSI instrument not only views the Sun but can detect gamma-rays from sources on Earth as well.
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Movie of TGFs detected by RHESSI over a 4 month period.
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Lightning probability (January 1998 - February 2003) measured by TRMM-LIS. Brighter red is higher lightning probability.
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TGFs have some correlation with lightning events?
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Four months of TGFs as seen by RHESSI.
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| Animation Number: | 3111 |
| Animator: | Tom Bridgman (Lead) |
| Studio: | SVS |
| Completed: | 2005-02-10 |
| Scientists: | David M. Smith (University of California, Santa Cruz) |
| | Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh (University of British Columbia) |
| Data Collected: | 2004/07/01 - 2004/10/31 |
| Series: | Terrestrial Gamma Flashes |
Keywords:
SVS
>> Lightning
DLESE
>> Space science
GCMD
>> EARTH SCIENCE
>> Spectral/Engineering
>> Gamma Ray
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| Science paper: | Science, Vol 307, Issue 5712, 1085-1088 , 18 February 2005, [DOI: 10.1126/science.1107466] |
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Please give credit for this item to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio |
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