Articles | Volume 22, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7959-2022
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-7959-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Continental thunderstorm ground enhancement observed at an exceptionally low altitude
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences,
Prague, Czechia
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague,
Czechia
Ondřej Santolík
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences,
Prague, Czechia
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague,
Czechia
Jakub Šlegl
Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences,
Husinec-Řež, Czechia
Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czechia
Jana Popová
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences,
Prague, Czechia
Zbyněk Sokol
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences,
Prague, Czechia
Petr Zacharov
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences,
Prague, Czechia
Ondřej Ploc
Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences,
Husinec-Řež, Czechia
Gerhard Diendorfer
Department of ALDIS, OVE Service GmbH, Vienna, Austria
Ronald Langer
Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Košice, Slovakia
Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences,
Husinec-Řež, Czechia
Radek Lán
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences,
Prague, Czechia
Igor Strhárský
Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Košice, Slovakia
Data sets
data_acp-2022-125 Ivana Kolmašová https://doi.org/10.17632/p27tzscvb3.1
Short summary
Gamma ray radiation related to thunderstorms was previously observed at the high-altitude mountain observatories or on the western coast of Japan, usually being terminated by lightning discharges. We show unusual observations of gamma rays at an altitude below 1000 m, coinciding with peculiar rapid variations in the vertical electric field, which are linked to inverted intracloud lightning discharges. This indicates that a strong, lower positive-charge region was present inside the thundercloud.
Gamma ray radiation related to thunderstorms was previously observed at the high-altitude...
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