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Connections: Terrestrial Gamma Flashes and Lightning?
The RHESSI instrument not only views the Sun but can detect gamma-rays from sources on Earth as well.

Movie of TGFs detected by RHESSI over a 4 month period.    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.    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?    TGFs have some correlation with lightning events?

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Four months of TGFs as seen by RHESSI.    Four months of TGFs as seen by RHESSI.

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Animation Number:3111
Completed:2005-02-10
Animator:Tom Bridgman (GST) (Lead)
Scientists:David M. Smith (University of California, Santa Cruz)
 Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh (University of British Columbia)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:RHESSI/X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (2004/07/01 - 2004/10/31)
 TRMM/LIS/Lightning (2004/07/01 - 2004/10/31)
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
Science paper:Science, Vol 307, Issue 5712, 1085-1088 , 18 February 2005, [DOI: 10.1126/science.1107466]
 
 
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